Jim Thompson - the man, the museum

I have so much respect for Jim Thompson that I thought his house which is now a museum deserved its own post.

Sometimes it takes a foreigner to see a native beauty regardless of location.  A local gets so used to an ambiance and style that it gets lost in daily living.  He was a pioneer in modern cultural fusion and in reviving a traditional craft before there was even such a concept.

He was an unwitting patriot for Thailand.

Jim Thompson is now a Thai brand.

But Jim Thompson was an American entrepreneur who came to Thailand as a military attache and was a trained architect.

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