The strangest museums in the world
Museum of Fantastic Specimens (Japan)
This museum, which is located in Japan is scary and really weird. The Museum of the fantastic specimens or the “Gensou Hyouhon Hakubutsukan” brings together specimens as rare as the image. Dare you to travel there and visit it 
Japanese Museum of fantastic Specimen
Penis museum (Iceland)
This peculiar museum is located in Husavik, Iceland. It intended to collect penises of all mammals that are found in the country. It was founded by the former teacher of history Sigurður Hjartarson in 1974. The institution gathers 245 pieces, none of them is from humans but probably one of their sponsors has pledged to donate “his piece”.
Scenes from the penis museum, Husavik, Icelandfrom from
Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments (Prague)
Visitors come into the museum of Prague to check closer dozens of torture devices that have been used throughout the history with the purpose to cause the slowest and most painful deaths.
Judas Chair
The sex museum (Holland)
It is called the sex museum of Amsterdam or the Temple of Venus. It was the first and, therefore, it is the oldest in the world. Visitors can find a variety of erotic images, some paintings and photographs, some objects and recordings and even some attractions.
Sex Museum, Amsterdam
The parasite museum (Tokyo)
It is the only museum in the world that offers parasites. It is located in Tokyo, Japan, and its strange purpose is the exhibition of almost 300 species. Also, in this place are carried out some investigations and it has an area of education. It was founded by the doctor Satoru Kamegai in 1953. It has a bizarre acquit which reaches 45 000 parasites, besides the numerous documents and specialized books on the subject.
Parasite Museum
The historic voodoo museum (New Orleans)
Many ancient and modern practices of the religion of voodoo are carefully represented in this museum in New Orleans, United States. The place has even artifacts from Marie Laveau, the great Voodoo Queen.
Odd shrines and shrunken heads at the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum.
Mutter museum (Philadelphia)
This museum is located in Philadelphia, United States. It collects some medical objects very strange and some examples including the wax model of a woman with a human horn out of her front. The collection was originally donated by the doctor Thomas Dent Mütter in 1858. It had the purpose of carrying out some researches and teaching the students. However, in the meantime this place satisfies the curiosity of the visitors.
Mutter museum (Philadelphia)
The science museum (Miami)
As a tribute to those beings who could share the Universe with us. “The alien museum” offers a very special perspective of the life on other planets.
The Alien Museum
The crime museum (London)
The crime museum shows the visitor all the secrets of the darkest chapters in Scotland’s Yard work: The criminal investigation for the guiltiness, the evidence of the crime, the utensils to kill, the blood. etc..
The devil’s museum (Lithuania)
The museum of the devil, which is located in Kaunas, Lithuania, is a challenge in order to overcome the cowardice and the fear since it is terrifying. Most probably, the visitor who sees the figures and the sculptures which are exhibited will have nightmares for life…
The Sock Museum (Tokyo)
The museum shows more than 20,000 items such as the largest sock in the world, the longest (32 centimeters from the tip to heel) etc. Quite a show for the lovers of textiles.
The CRRA garbage museum (Boston)
The city of Boston, besides having many different museums, has a really funny and astonishing one, “the museum of the rubbish of famous people.” Thus, the crazy fans of the “celebrities” will be very happy to visit this museum since it exhibits the garbage collection of many famous in their bins.
The Recycled Dinosaur
The Museum of fire (Australia)
If you want to know the feeling, experienced in a house on fire… you do not need to burn your own place because “the museum of fire in Australia” will give you this opportunity.
19th century fire engine at the Museum of Fire, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
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The list above is downright interesting! I’ve read of the Counterfeit Museum in Bangkok. I think it’s something to visit as well.
The toilet museum in Delhi is a wonderful place to visit thought it is a little out of way but worth the visit effort.