The top ten Weirdest Museums in the World

Have you visited any museum? Maybe your parents were always telling you that you should spend more time in museums learning than out doing whatever it was that you actually wanted to do. Chances are these aren’t the kinds of museums they had in mind. Here is a list of the top ten weirdest museums from around the world. Housing the strange, the macabre, and the downright disturbing, these are museums you may actually want to explore.

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1. Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum, Japan



If you’ve ever gone through a financially lean time such as those scary college years when you’re too busy trying to make something of yourself actually be something, it is likely that you have indulged in a bowl or two of Instant Ramen. Who doesn’t love a hot bowl of broth and noodles? This museum contends that the answer to that is nobody. Created to honor the creator of the instant soup, this museum chronicles the history of the meal from when it was first developed as a cheap food alternative for the survivors of World War II to its honored place on the grocery shelves of today. You can even stop by the Museum’s kitchen and make yourself up a hot bowl of the chicken flavor, still considered the most popular.




2. Museum of Enduring Beauty, Malaysia



So what you think makes a woman beautiful? Is it itty-bitty tiny little feet squished into child size shoes? Or maybe it’s a perfectly conical shaped head that’s been molded since the time she was a baby? If you just can’t get enough of a woman with a neck stretched with brass rings or eat your lobes made huge with plates, this is the museum for you. On the third floor of the People’s Museum are exhibits dedicated to the extremes people go to to fit in with their cultures ideas of beauty.




3. Museum of Bad Art, United States



Have you ever looked at the refrigerator of the proud mother of a toddler who gushes over the artistic talent of her child? If you squint and tilt your head to the left these pieces of art just might come close to the pieces on that refrigerator. Located conveniently next to the toilets in a Massachusetts basement, this museum is dedicated to 600 pieces of the worst art ever created.




4. The Dog Collar Museum, England



Dog lovers of the world flock to Leeds Castle to view more than 100 unique items pertaining to dogs. Specifically, over 100 dog collars. This museum was inspired by the famous love of dogs of the last of the last owner of the estate. Some of us interesting items include dog collars that graced the necks of pets in the 15th and 16th centuries. Many of these are adorned with strips of spikes to protect said necks from attacking creatures.




5. Avanos Hair Museum, Turkey



Go exploring in the caves of turkey you might just stumble upon the Avanos Hair Museum. This not at all creepy museum is essentially just caves that have had the walls and ceiling completely covered in locks of human hair. Potter Chez Galip created the Hair Museum using hair from more than 16,000 women. Look a little closer and you’ll notice that each lock of hair is marked with the name of the woman and her address.




6. The Bread Museum, Germany



This museum might not be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but at least you can learn about one of the world’s most beloved foods here. There is a truly astonishing 18,000 exhibits here. Through these exhibits you can learn the fascinating history of 6000 years of bread featured in works of art as well as seeing ancient artifacts from actual bakeries that were in operation thousands of years ago. Don’t get caught up in the evolving technology and cultural lessons and get a hankering for a sandwich, however. You won’t find a single edible slice in the entire museum.




7. Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame



Located on the top floor of the famed Fredrick’s of Hollywood flagship store in Los Angeles, this museum is dedicated to more than
mentioning celebrities’ unmentionables. On display in this museum is the underwear worn by Tom Hanks when filming Forrest Gump, the underthings of the entire teenage heartthrob cast of Beverly Hills 90210, and Cher. You can even find a particularly interesting exhibit of ladies’ delicates worn by men in drag. This includes the training bra of Phyllis Diller thoughtfully marked “This Side Up”.
This museum doesn’t come without scandal, though. During the 1992 riots the museum was looted and a prized purple and gold brassiere that once graced the famous body of Madonna was stolen. The singer replaced it only after the company agreed to donate $10,000 to charity.




8. The Kunstkamera, Russia



What is the one reason that Russia would create its very first museum? Why, to dispel the widespread belief in and fear of monsters, of course. The problem with this plan is that they filled this museum with every medical oddity they could find. Though the museum’s contents are a bit tamer now, you can still find a decapitated human head that has been preserved for over a century in vinegar, an assortment of creatures that were born with extra limbs, and their prized collection of hundreds of deformed human fetuses. Nothing to be afraid of there, right?




9. International Cryptozoology Museum, United States



Cryptozoology is the study of animals and creatures that have not been verified by science, are doubted to exist, or who only exist in myth or legend. This museum is dedicated to offering everything you ever wanted to know about such mythological creatures as Bigfoot, mermaids, and the Loch Ness monster. Whether you are a believer or not you may find yourself scratching your head when you are presented with the “evidence”—casts of those famous enormous feet, perhaps?




10. Siriraj Medical Museum, Bangkok Thailand



Also affectionately known as the museum of death, the Siriraj Medical Museum is where you should go should you ever find yourself pondering what your lungs would look like if you got attacked by a crazed psychopath and stabbed to death. Some exhibits of note include hemorrhaged brains, examples of limbs that were severed or mutilated, and even skulls that had bullets puncture the bone and bounce around in there for a while.