Unusual museums

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Not all museums celebrate the traditional art. There are dedicated to highlight even the most terrifying of human beings ,unusual things, temples that emphasize the absurd and scatological.

Mütter museum , medical artifacts museum


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In Philadelphia, United States, is located this museum that gathers very strange medical objects and specimens including wax model of a woman with a human horn coming out of his forehead. The collection originally donated by Thomas Dent Mütter doctor in 1858, was intended to serve research and education, but today satisfies the curiosity of visitors.

Penis Museum in Iceland


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Located in Husavik, Iceland, this curious museum seeks to collect penises of all mammals in the country. Founded in 1974 by former history professor Sigurður Hjartarson, it has more than 200 penises of almost all mammalian, terrestrial and marine species, Icelandic wildlife, ranging from the penis of 2 mm belonging to a Hamster until the giant whale penis of 1.70 meters and 70 kg of weight.

Parasites Museum


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The only museum in the world of parasites is located in Tokyo, Japan, and is dedicated to the purpose of exhibiting strange about 300 species, apart from conduct inquiries and educate. Founded in 1953 by Satoru Kamegai doctor, he has a bizarre collection that reaches 45 thousand parasites, besides thousands of documents and books on the subject.

Museum of Torture

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The Torture Museum,Prague, Czech Republic, is one of the most complete in Europe and has a total of 60 curious instruments capable of terrorizing more than one and cause pain with just the slightest mental image of what could be its application in the past. They emphasize chastity belts for him and for her, the saws and the called iron maidens. The explanation of each instrument is perfectly detailed for sadomasochistic delight visitors who like pain in the Middle Ages. Besides the curious apparatus lie in the museum, you can find information such as the witch hunt in this city and the boards to determine the torture they inflict them.

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