Visiting museums filled with fancy, famous works of art can get a little boring. If you find yourself in Mona Lisa Overdrive, or you’ve seen enough classics to fill up a Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte, well you are in luck because we are about to tell you about some museums you might never have heard of.
These museums are strange! They are wonderful! They would make Ripley shout “believe it or not, even I am amazed!” The point here is that museums are not all about Pointillism. You can spend the day exploring the dark side and still learn a few things about culture and history.
Strange and Unusual Museums List
- The Museum of Broken Relationships – Croatia
It may not be located on the street of broken dreams but this museum will show you objects that symbolize the end of romance and relationships. People from all over the world share some of their sorrow and heartbreak. - The Dog Collar Museum – England
Maybe you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but if you head to Kent you can see this museum where they unleash a collection of dog collars that date back as far as the 1500s. - The Kunstkamera – Russia
The name is no indication of anything bizarre (unless you speak Russian), but you will find some strange stuff here, including a preserved two-headed calf. - The Museum of Bad Art – United States
Now we are talking! Bad art is everywhere if you know where to look, and checking out this museum with two locations in Massachusetts and Virginia, you will get to experience art that is “too bad to be ignored.” - The Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments – Germany
Leave it to Germany to come up with a museum dedicated to one of the happiest times in the history of mankind, and the various tortures humans used on one another to help celebrate this golden age. The museum displays over 60 torture devices, and it won’t take a formal inquisition to see all of them. - The Paris Sewer Museum – France
If you think this museum stinks, you are probably right. Visitors can take a tour of the Parisian sewer system and get knee-deep in the the history and science of waste-water and bio slime. - The Icelandic Phallological Museum – Iceland
Phallus Museum. Translation: Penis Museum. Located in Reykjavik, come and witness over 280 preserved penises from mammals found in Iceland. - The Museum of Vampires and Legendary Creatures – France
This should be in Transylvania right? Well, no, it is located in Paris, and if you have had enough of the Sewer Museum, then you can spend some time learning about the legacy and lore of vampires, the undead, and other items that did not get swept away in the Parisian sewer system. - The Meguro Parasitological Museum – Japan
Even the name sounds like a bug, but this museum in Tokyo is infested with a collection of over 60,000 parasite specimens, including the world’s longest tapeworm. Lunch anyone? - The Museum of the Holy Souls – Purgatory, Italy
When in Rome, do what other museum seekers do – check out places that display artifacts and evidence of spirits reaching out from beyond the grave. Let’s hope none of these holy ghosts will follow you home.
We hope you enjoyed this list of strange and unusual museums from around the world. Now get out there and go explore them!
