The most unusual and boring museums in the world
The purpose of any museum, first of all, to tell its visitor about the objects that fill it. And how unusual this will be done depends on the attendance of the museum.
Of course, museums such as the Louvre or the New York Central Museum do not need advertising and the long queues at the entrance are direct proof of this. But after all, these museums embody the classical idea of art. And in order to attract the viewer, museums go to various tricks, often, of course, not for selfish purposes, but to explain what exhibits and how they will be presented to the viewer.
For example, the topic of brutal murders and other atrocities will always excite and attract visitors. The Torture Museum in The Hague has its own audience.
Probably few people realize that SPAM is just canned sausage minced meat, which was chosen as the subject of an advertising cult, and now is identified with unnecessary mail in an email box. But this product has its fans, who created the entire SPAMa Museum in Austin, Minnesota.
What no artist or architect wants to see is the Museum of Failed Art in Massachusetts. It presents both paintings and sculptures and furniture of unsuccessful sculptors. The museum’s motto is “Art is too worthless to ignore.”
It is no longer a shame to admit that a person spends an average of 20 minutes a day in the toilet. Therefore, this useful room also deserves due attention, which is why many tourists visit the International Toilet Museum in New Delhi.India). In it you can see the golden toilet of Victoria and other exhibits, the age of which can be more than three thousand years.
It is particularly interesting to see human lungs the size of a two-story house at the Human Body Museum in Holland. Moving from floor to floor through human organs, you can see the processes occurring in the human body from the inside.
With such different and unusual exhibits, visiting museums is no longer associated with a boring walk accompanied by a boring art critic, but turns into a kind of attraction. After all, you never know what emotions a particular exhibit will cause you.
Elizabeth Shvedova
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