Museums are sometimes curbed and visited by pure formalism, but unusual museums always attract the curious!
Do you feel like an adventurous mood and are you looking for originality? Discover the unusual museums around the globe!
Europe, Asia, America... Among the most original and unusual museums on the planet are dedicated to drugs, sex, medicine, crimes... – which are often the most exciting!
1. The Museum of Medicine (United States, Philadelphia)
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The Museum of Medicine, Philadelphia In the U.S. you can discover tumors, Thai Siamese of the 19th century or lamelles of the brain of the famous Einstein genius... Delicious, but exciting!
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2. The Death Museum (United States, Los Angeles)
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In the Museum of Death to Los Angeles , you'll find scenes of bloody thriller ambience, sharp scalpels, killer sketches, everything is there!
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3. The Museum of Prostitution & The Sex Museum (Netherlands, Amsterdam)
These two museums are located in the heart of red quarter in Amsterdam . They are to be visited if you want to discover the world of sadomasochism and sex... good hearer... They are among the most visited museums in the Netherlands!
4. The Museum of Momies (Mexico, Guanajuato)
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At the Museum of Momies in Mexico, we find all sorts of mummies: rotten mummies and enamelled babies are waiting for you all in the showcase!
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5. The Vodka Museum (Poland, Warsaw)
Poland can now boast of a museum entirely dedicated to the famous fermented beverage based on potatoes! Located in an old distillery Warsaw The purpose of the Vodka Museum is to silence Polish stereotypes.
6. The Museum of Medieval Torture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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The torture museum is located in the heart of Amsterdam, a museum with a dark and theatrical atmosphere. Welcome to the torturers of the Middle Ages, imagine moving into their expert and vicious hands!
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7. Le Musée de la Shoes (France, Romans-sur-Isère)
Come and discover Romans-sur-Isère, the capital of luxury shoe and its magnificent chic and beard collections at the Museum of the Shoes. A visit that mixes history with know-how.
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8. The Parasitic Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
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In the Museum of Parasis Tokyo You can see the micro-organisms that surround us, that colonize us and that "parasily" us (this is the case to say) throughout our life...
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9. The Flippers Museum (Hungary, Budapest)
Do you remember the flippers, those infernal machines where the ball always ended up passing between the " goals"? Come and admire more than a hundred flippers in this museum Budapest Come and play!
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10. The Collar Museum in Chiens (United Kingdom, Maidstone)
Friends of the beasts, hello! If you are in a lack of inspiration for your companion’s necklace, no worries, this museum has been tasked with bringing together several objects of the genre! It brings together more than 4 centuries of collection.
11. The Leprosy Museum (Norway, Bergen)
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Presented at St. Georges Hospital, the Leprosy Museum in Norway thus deals with the unfortunate leprosy epidemic that hit the city of Bergen until 1946.
12. The Museum of Brised Relations (Croatia, Zagreb)
This is an exhibition of objects that all had a profound meaning for their owners... Read poignant (and sometimes naive) testimony about human relations and heart sentences. First itinerant, the exposure of broken relationships is finally installed to Zagreb in Croatia.
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13. The Sanguine Transfusion and Blood Don Museum (Vivirtual Museum)
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Did you know that the first blood transfusions occurred in the 17th century?! Go to meet this incredible discovery in the virtual museum of blood transfusion and blood donation.
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14. The Opium Museum (Thailand, Sop Ruak)
Thailand has based its economy for years on opium trade. Sop Ruak also called the Golden Triangle was a hub in Thailand for opium trade. Discover this very unusual museum that pays tribute to this illicit substance and find opium smokers in the midst of dreams.
15. The Museum of Skin Diseases (France, Paris)
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Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris holds a huge collection of wax moldings of skin diseases (wigs, urticaria, pustules, etc.). Learn more about dermatology thanks to the moldings of skin lesions, as in the nineteenth century. This is Paris Museum is very impressive!
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16. The Hair Museum (Turkey, Avanos)
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Go to the Galip meeting in Turkey, a hair collector potter in Cappadoce, in a top troglodyte home! You will find a collection of 16,000 hair wicks suspended from the walls and the ceiling.
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17. The Condom Museum (Thailand, Bangkok)
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During your stay at Bangkok Take some lessons on the latex! The Latex Museum is a small scientific museum that presents all the useful information around it. Thailand is one of the first countries to have recognized the problem of AIDS, this museum allows to expand information to the general public.
18. The Phallus Museum (Iceland, Reykjavík)
Come and discover an amazing collection at the Phallus Museum Reykjavík . Hundreds of mammal penises in transparent bocals, who says better? It is the only museum in the world dedicated to the study of mammal phallus.
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19. The Hash, Cannabis and Hemp Museum (Netherlands, Amsterdam)
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Decidedly, Amsterdam is the perfect place for unusual visits! Known for his coffee shops What is more natural than finding this museum of Hash, cannabis and hemp in the Dutch capital?
20. The Vaudou Museum (United States, New Orleans)
Atmosphere bayou guaranteed, discover the Cajun people and voodoo, raised in the rank of religion! Located in the French district of La New Orleans , the Musée vaudou immerses you in a particular history closely related to that of Louisiana.
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21. The Musée des Égouts (France, Paris)
Embark on an adventure in the basements of the French capital... Secured circuit, promised! 500 meters in the basement of Paris which allow you to follow the history of sewers.
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22. The Museum of Fabric and Costume (Italy, Venice)
Located in the Palais Mocenigo dating from the 13th century, Venice , you will have the opportunity to observe period costumes, as well as Murano glass and Burano lace. You can also smell different fragrances!
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23. The Anatomy Museum (Montpellier, France)
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The Anatomy Museum is located in the south of France to Montpellier . Find in the city's medical college this unusual and rich museum 5,600 anatomical pieces!
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24. The Fan Museum (London, Greenwich)
Located in a beautiful building of Greenwich in London, the Fan Museum is the first museum in the world dedicated to the presentation of fans. Come discover the story of the fan, this ordinary object but so fascinating!
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25. Mauvais Art Museum (United States, Massachusetts, Somerville)
The Musée de l’Art Mauvais du Massachussetts, of its small name MOBA, brings together a collection of 600 works in particular style! Go to discover failed works, with comedy charm that could not be appreciated elsewhere.
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26. The Museum of the Umbrella & The Museum of Scissors and Swords (China, Hangzhou)
In the title, everything is said! If you visit China, perhaps you will have the opportunity to pass next to these original museums, who knows? You will also be near a fan museum. The three museums are next door.
27. The Musée du Papier Peint (France, Alsace, Rixheim)
The wallpaper museum is located in Rixheim in Alsace there where the wallpaper industry was present since 1797. You will have the choice between two collections, "the bestiary of the wall" and "painted papers of the future"...
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28. The Museum of Toilets (India, New Delhi)
Opened in the 1970s by an Indian doctor who fought for public safety in this great country, the toilet museum was opened in a pedagogical approach. Total inconvenience, the toilets managed to have their own museum.
29. The Museum of Phosphorescent Art (Netherlands, Amsterdam)
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Discover a world that is completely shifted, fun, unpublished, an experience that goes beyond the simple consumption of art for art: it is the museum of phosphorescent art. Do not miss the fluorescent universe with velvety colors worthy of the most appetizing exotic cocktails during your visit to Amsterdam.
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30. The Museum of Salt and Pepper (United States, Tennessee, Gatlinburg)
The museum of salt and pepper is a must-see kitsch address in Tennessee. You will be surprised at the number of designs for these objects being part of the “art of the table”.
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31. The Museum of Instant Noodles (Japan, Osaka)
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Beware of their culture and their famous hot-water noodles in their plastic pot, the Japanese dot the museum in the image of one of these culinary specialities.
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32. The Sausage Museum in Curry (Germany, Berlin)
Discover the curry sausage museum in Berlin, in other words " Currywurst", German specialty. Depending on the ticket you take, you will have the choice between the currywurst in the cup or the snackticket formula with 3 different curry sausages.
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33. The Museum of Frite (Belgium, Bruges)
National fairy, fries now have a museum dedicated to them! They are very good Belgian fries! Discover this museum in the oldest building Bruges .
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