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

Now going to a museum doesn't seem so boring.





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



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





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



This is a copy of the first buttock print of a Sasquatch, 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



Cursed doll (straw doll).

National Toy and Miniature Museum, Kansas City, Missouri



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

Helsinki University Museum, Finland



This is a piece from our collection of Ylpö children's wax figures. The doll is currently in poor condition.

Paris Museum of Fine Arts, France



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

Shetland Museum and Archives, Shetland Islands



A whale's eyeball turned into a lampshade.

Vent Haven Museum, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky



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

Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



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



There are so many mermaids that don’t exist 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



Queensland Museum, Australia



This body box was created by funeral director 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



Absolutely creepy two-faced doll head. Our exhibit, which is 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.