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The pig sculptures leave no doubt that you're at the World's Largest Pig Museum in Stuttgart

If the idea of going to a museum makes you yawn, then check out these weird museums.  Who knew history could be so fun!  Last week on The World’s Largest Pig Museum post and on Twitter I asked readers the weirdest museum they have ever been to.  Here is the roundup of some of the World’s Weirdest Museums:

Magic Ice Museum, Istanbul, Turkey Submitted by:  Inka Piegsa-Quischotte on Belles on Location This is Europe’s first ice museum in a warm country that just opened in 2010.  You also get to play dress up and wear a cape to keep the chill out as the ice museum is a cool -5C.  It also features 34 ice sculptures, with ice imported from Sweden.  For more info see:  Three Glamorous Places to Visit in Istanbul

Museum of Torture, Prague, Czech Republic Submitted by:  Cheryl Howard of cherylhoward.com The Museum of Torture has a collection of medieval torture devices used to torture and often kill people in medieval times.  This museum is not for the faint of heart, but it does make for an interesting way to learn about a part of  medieval history you don’t often hear about.  For more info see:  Why Torture Yourself When the Museum of Torture Will Do It For You?

SPAM® Museum, Austin, Minnesota, U.S.A. Submitted by:  Cathy Sweeney of Traveling with Sweeney For those not familiar with SPAM®, it is a canned “meat” with a very long shelf life.  If there was a contest for the grossest produced food out there, SPAM® would be in the running.  Although on the SPAM® Museum page they referred to it as “delicious” which made me burst out laughing.  The museum is free though and you can try  your hand at canning SPAM® products.  Cathy said they even offered here a free sample, which she declined.  For more info see:  SPAM® Museum.

The Walhalla Temple, Regensburg Germany, Submitted by: Christopher Allen of  I Must Be Off The Walhalla temple is a  hall of fame featuring the who’s who in Germany.  Here you can learn more about  famous and important Germans dating back 2000 years.  Nothing strange about that right?  Well the museum only has 65 plagues and 130 busts of the famous people.  Haven’t you always wanted to see the bust of Beethoven or Bach?  For more info see: Walhalla Regensburg Tourism (the page is only in German, but someone at the tourist office should speak English).

Hash, Marijuana & Hemp Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Submitted by:  Miss Footloose of  Life in the Expat Lane The Hash Museum features over 3000 cannabis related items showing the historical and modern uses of the plant commonly known as marijuana.  (I’m no expert, but doesn’t this seem really obvious to everyone?)   What is perhaps not so obvious are the medicinal, religious and cultural aspects of marijuana.  For more info see:  Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

Stalin's desk with portraits behind the desk

Stalin Museum, Gori, Georgia Submitted by:  Frau Dietz of Letters from Frau Dietz As quoted by Frau Dietz hereself “The weirdest museum I’ve been to was the Stalin museum in Gori, Georgia (the town here he was born), which presented Stalin as a talented, selfless chap who, upon becoming a politician, stopped making decisions for his own good and started making them for the good of the state, requiring him to use his power somewhat ruthlessly (ie kill 25 million people – but remember, it was all for the good of the state)… The museum is built next to the house where Stalin was born and they have all kinds of things on display there… My favourite exhibit, however, was – no, not the enormous lamp made of guns – the bronze “death mask” that was made of Stalin’s face after he died….”  I think that about sums it up! For more info see:  Joseph Stalin Museum, Gori.

Chamber Pot Museum (Nachttopf Museum), Munich, Germany Submitted by: Inka Piegsa-Quischotte of GlamorGranny Travels A collection of over 2000 pots where royalty used to do their business before the invention of the toilet.  Unfortunately this museum is now closed and I couldn’t find where the pots moved to.   If anyone knows, please pass the info on.

Sex Machines Museum, Prague, Czech Republic Submitted by:  Velcro 108 of It Was Different Here This museum has over 200 “mechanical erotic objects”, including some contraptions for  never used patents (I can just imagine).  It also has sex machines dating back to the medieval times (I don’t want to imagine) but a lot of modern day objects are also scattered throughout the museum.  For more info see:  Sex Machines Museum Review.

Gopher Hole Museum, Torrinton, Alberta, Canada Submitted by:  Tracy D. of My Best Beauty Buys I have to confess this weird museum is only a couple of hours from where I lived in Canada but I had never heard of it until Tracy submitted it.  How could I have missed 47 “whimsical” displays of 77 mounted gophers dressed up in wedding gowns and a gopher fashion show?  I think the term “weird” applies, but I’m struggling to call it a museum, even though that is the official name.

For more info see:  Gopher Hole Museum, Unique Attractions, Travel Alberta

Please note that Jim McIntosh of Holes in My Soles submitted Red Terror Martyrs Museum,  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  I have opted not to include it in this weird museum post out of respect for the people this museum is dedicated to since the museum serves as a monument for the tens of thousands of people who suffered or were murdered during the militant DERG Regime which ran from 1974-1987.  I believe Jim found the strong emotion from visiting the museum strange, not the museum itself and intended no disrespect, but seeing the other museums included on this list, it didn’t feel right to include it. You can learn more about this fascinating museum at his post:  Terror at the Red Terror Martyrs Museum.

Although not a weird museum, you may also be interested in the German Emigration Museum, one of the best museums I have ever been too.

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