We present ten of the most unconventional museums that are definitely worth our attention and a visit. We're packing our bags, how about you?
Let's disprove the stereotype that visiting museums is something dry and that their visitors are just tourists without a shred of imagination. There are also unconventional museums that will impress otherwise uninterested visitors.
1. Underwater museum, Cancun (Cancun Underwater Museum)
The Cancun Underwater Museum is interactive museum, which transcends all limits. A walk through the outlined exhibition is only possible several meters under water, but we do not need to master diving to view it, as we can also enjoy the view on a museum boat with a glass bottom.
2. The Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb (Museum of Broken Relationships)
You don't have to go far to visit this unique museum dedicated to love affairs. It is located in the Kulmer Palace in Zagreb. It is an interesting collection of memories, stories and objects that were donated to the collection by people from different parts of the world and different cultural backgrounds when they ended a love relationship. The collection is made up of a wide variety of objects that reminded people of an ended relationship, from the completely banal to the truly bizarre. Each one is interesting in its own way, as it is also equipped with its own touching, tragic or witty love story. Among other things in the exhibition, we can find a mobile phone that a boyfriend gave to an ex-girlfriend so that she wouldn't call him again, a bunch of hair that a woman cut off in a fit of despair over a failed relationship, a bottle of sparkling wine that was intended to celebrate the anniversary that never happened, a bowl of tears, an axe, underwear and many other interesting things. The collection is constantly growing and changing, as every visitor can participate in the creation of the collection by donating to the museum something that is left as a memory of a past love.
3. Museum of Unidentified Flying Objects, New Mexico (International UFO Museum and Research Center)
A museum dedicated to unexplained phenomena and unidentified flying objects would certainly make the famous detectives Mulder and Scully from The X-Files proud. Even if you don't believe in aliens and flying saucers, always keep in mind the saying "the truth is out there, trust no one”…
4. Franz Kafka Museum, Prague (Franz Kafka Museum)
Unlike most museums that are dedicated to specific artists, this museum is more about the actual materialization of his artistic stories than singing the praises of Kafka. While reading his works, we come across many notes about the artist's private life. Fans of Franz Kafka will really enjoy the museum, as it welcomes them with an almost scary atmosphere that reflects the writer's greatest secrets.
5. Butterfly Park, Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park)
Who says that insect museums have to exhibit only dead animals in dusty cases? The Butterfly Park definitely contradicts this fact, as we can see an astonishing 5,000 brightly colored butterflies in a beautiful area of 80,000 square meters.
6. Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City (The Museum of Jurassic Technology)
A bizarre museum that is a gathering place of strange objects and incredible theories. The curators care very little about their reality.
7. International Museum of Toilet Bowls, New Delhi (Sulabh International Toilet Museum)
An unusual museum dedicated to toilet bowls and their culturally conditioned diversity. In addition to the fact that by viewing the exhibition we gain all the necessary information about the development of toilets over time, the museum also invites us to raise awareness in underdeveloped countries where sanitation is still in its infancy.
8. Museum of Bad Art, Somerville Mass (Museum of Bad Art)
A space where, with a broad smile on our face, we realize that even unappreciated art can inspire. This one is so well presented in the Museum of Bad Art that it looks almost phenomenal.
9. The Vampire Museum, Les Lilas (Le Musée des Vampires)
There are many stories, legends, symbols and myths associated with vampires. They also serve as an endless source of inspiration for writers and directors and mark many world beliefs. In the museum dedicated to vampires, we will not find any false assumptions about mystical creatures, but only real information about an extremely interesting phenomenon.
10. Museum of Ice Cream, Emilia Bologna (Gelato Museum)
The sweetest museum among museums is definitely the museum dedicated to our favorite summer dessert - intoxicatingly creamy ice cream. Although we definitely don't need additional encouragement to visit this museum, the beautiful design and the ice cream tasting room, where we can learn to make it ourselves, definitely help us decide to visit the ice cream museum soon.
