Museums around the world showed their creepiest exhibits (16 photos)

When we hear the word “museum,” then, as a rule, classic exhibits, the boring voice of the guide, and generally something that brings mortal boredom appear in our heads. But museums around the world decided to smash this myth to smithereens and shared their most terrible, strange and unusual exhibits. There’s not even a hint of boredom there, but the desire to visit some of the museums appears right away!





Gripsholm Castle Museum, Sweden



Martino

In 1731, the dey of Algeria presented the king of Sweden with a live lion. When the lion died, he was stuffed and stuffed. However, the local taxidermist had never seen a real lion before!

Museum of Fear and Wonder, Alberta, Canada





Museum of Fear and Wonder

This exhibit dates back to the early 19th century and represents the wax head of a child, Germany. The mannequin was kept face down in a heated attic for many years, causing its facial features to flatten into a snout. Please enjoy.

North American Bigfoot Center, Boring, Oregon



North American Bigfoot Center

This is a copy of the first buttock print of Bigfoot, sitting on the banks of Dry Creek in the Blue Mountains near Walla Walla in Washington state. Print made by Paul Freeman in May 1993. Pay attention to the texture of your hair!

Tokyo National Museum, Japan



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Cursed doll (straw doll).

National Toy and Miniature Museum, Kansas City, Missouri



The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

This cute automaton doll lectured people about the dangers of drinking. Made by Character Display Co.

Helsinki University Museum, Finland



Helsinki University Museum

This is an exhibit from the Ylpö collection of children's wax figures. The doll is currently in poor condition.

Paris Museum of Fine Arts, France



Petit Palais

One of Jean-Joseph Carries' strange sculptures from 1891 is a frog with rabbit ears.

Shetland Museum and Archives, Shetland Islands



SumburghHead

A whale's eyeball turned into a lampshade.

Vent Haven Museum, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky



Nate Morehouse

This ventriloquist is made from real human hair and teeth. Horrible!

Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



The Andy Warhol Museum

This can was sent to Warhol along with a fan letter by Frederic P. Vigneron in 1977. "Jar with Nail Clippings, Paper and Dead Bees," 1977, from Time Capsule 190.

Natural History Museum in Venice, Italy



Quentin

There are so many mermaids in our world. Perhaps such diversity is not such a bad thing, even if the public does not always accept a different image from the usual one. But looking at this guy from Italy, it’s very difficult to resist imagining yourself as the Wolf from “Well, Just Wait!” and not knocking him on the tabletop :)

Another creepy little mermaid from the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh



Natural Sciences NMS

Queensland Museum, Australia



Queensland Museum

This body box was created by the steward ofburied by Philip Stitt of Stitt & St George Funeral Directors. Its length was 2.6 meters. It was also equipped with a small cooling generator, and when not occupied by "clients", the undertaker used it as a beer cooler.

Collection of TMHC Inc. Ontario Heritage and Archeology Assessment, Canada



TMHC

Absolutely creepy two-faced doll head. The exhibit on the left has a mustachioed man on one side and a woman on the other. There were many such dolls, they were depicted in different ways. As an example, on the right we show a more harmless, but no less creepy representative of such toys.

Yaroslavl Art Museum



Yaroslavl Art Museum

Painting by an unknown artist “Sketches of a Cat’s Head.” Created in the second half of the 19th century based on the work of the same name by Frans Snyders, which is located in the Hermitage.

In general, the idea of sharing creepy exhibits originally came from representatives of the Yorkshire Museum. They even launched a flash mob on this topic, which was picked up by other museums. Agree, now going to a museum doesn’t seem so boring.