"10 Uncommon Museums That You Can Ask Yourselves:
"Do Such Museums Really Exist?"
1. Musée des Égouts de Paris (Paris Sewer Museum)
“Paris has beneath it another Paris; a Paris of sewers; which has its streets, its crossroads, its squares, its blind-alleys, its arteries, and its circulation, which is of mire and minus the human form.” (Victor Hugo, Leviathan's Intestine, book II) The Paris Sewer Museum involve the history of the sewers from their initial development by Hugues Aubriot (Aubriot was a capable administrator who built the first sewers in Paris, and strengthened the City's fortifications) provost of Paris in the late 14th century, to their modern structure, which was designed in the 19th century by the engineer Eugène Belgrand (Belgrand's projects remain one of the most extensive urban sewer systems in the world and served as a transitional phase leading to modern wastewater processing.) The museum also details the role of sewer workers and methods of water treatment.
Photographs:
Musée des Égouts de Paris (Facebook Page)
Visit:
Visit:
musee-egouts.paris.fr
Instagram:
Instagram:
@musee.des.egouts.de.paris
Opening Hours:
Opening Hours:
From Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm (last admission 4pm)
Address:
Address:
Paris Sewers Museum Alma Bridge 75007 Paris
The Banco de la República Gold Museum preserves, researches, catalogs and publicizes its archaeological collections of goldsmithing, ceramics, lithics and other materials, as a Colombian cultural heritage of current and future generations. Thus, it contributes to the strengthening of the cultural identity of Colombians, through enjoyment, learning and inspiration.
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2. Museo del Oro (Gold Museum)
Bogotá, Colombia
The Banco de la República Gold Museum preserves, researches, catalogs and publicizes its archaeological collections of goldsmithing, ceramics, lithics and other materials, as a Colombian cultural heritage of current and future generations. Thus, it contributes to the strengthening of the cultural identity of Colombians, through enjoyment, learning and inspiration.
Photographs:
banrepcultural.org/exposiciones/permanentes-museo-del-oro
Visit:
Visit:
banrepcultural.org/bogota/museo-del-oro/bienvenidos
Instagram:
Instagram:
@museodeloro
Opening Hours:
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm-7pm (Last entry at 6pm), Sundays and Holidays: 10am to 5pm (Last entry at 4pm)
Address:
Address:
Parque de Santander, on the corner between Carrera 6ª and Calle 16, in Bogotá, Colombia
Idaho is famous for its potatoes. The area suitable for growing potatoes. We're talking about a place that provides one-third of all the US potato production. At the entrance of the museum it says "Welcome to the Potato Capital of the world". We guess that explains everything about the museum. The museum exhibits the history and cultivation of potatoes in Idaho. A café and museum gift shop are available to visitors.
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3. Idaho Potato Museum
Idaho, US
Idaho is famous for its potatoes. The area suitable for growing potatoes. We're talking about a place that provides one-third of all the US potato production. At the entrance of the museum it says "Welcome to the Potato Capital of the world". We guess that explains everything about the museum. The museum exhibits the history and cultivation of potatoes in Idaho. A café and museum gift shop are available to visitors.
Photographs:
Idaho Potato Museum (Facebook Page)
Visit:
Visit:
idahopotatomuseum.com
Opening Hours:
Opening Hours:
September - May: 9:30am - 5:00pm M-Sa, June, July, August: 9:30am - 7:00pm M-Su
Address:
Address:
130 Northwest Main Street, Blackfoot, ID 83221
About the Museum of Broken Relationships, they say: "It is a physical and virtual public space created with the sole purpose of treasuring and sharing your heartbreak stories and symbolic possessions. It is a museum about you, about us, about the ways we love and lose." Then we all have to visit, right?
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4. Museum of Broken Relationships
About the Museum of Broken Relationships, they say: "It is a physical and virtual public space created with the sole purpose of treasuring and sharing your heartbreak stories and symbolic possessions. It is a museum about you, about us, about the ways we love and lose." Then we all have to visit, right?
Photographs:
Mare Milin, Alan Vajdic, Museum of Broken Relationships (Facebook Page)
Visit:
Visit:
brokenships.com
Instagram:
Instagram:
@brokenships
Opening Hours:
Opening Hours:
Summer (June 1st - September 30th), Every day 9am to 10pm - Last entry: 9:30pm
Winter (October 1st - May 31st):Every day from 10am to 9pm Last entry 8:30pm
Address:
Winter (October 1st - May 31st):Every day from 10am to 9pm Last entry 8:30pm
Address:
Ćirilometodska 2, 10000, Zagreb
Should everything be good, does art always involve the beauty, must all works in museums be stunningly beautiful? Absolutely not... Meet the MOBA! The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is the world's first and foremost museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art. MOBA currently is homeless. They are searching for new gallery space in the Boston area.
TURKEY!!! Yes, here we go! The Hair Museum of Avanos, in Cappadocia, is definitely a must-see if you’re into bizarre tourist spots. The behind-the-scenes story goes that the museum was started over 30 years ago, when one of Galip’s (owner) friends had to leave Avanos, and he was very sad. To leave him something to remember her by, the woman cut a piece of her hair and gave it to the potter. Since then, the women who visited his place and heard the story gave him a piece of their hair and their complete address. Throughout the years, he has amassed an impressive collection of over 16,000 differently colored locks of hair, from women all around the world. Do you ever think of leaving your hair when leaving a souvenir for someone...?
Photographs:
chezgalip.com/en/hair_museum
Visit:
chezgalip.com/en/hair_museum
Address:
Avanos, Cappadocia, Turkey
The Schweine Museum is the largest Pig Museum in the world! The museum has a permanent display and changing special exhibitions. The collection includes more than 50,000 exhibits and is spread across a total of 27 themed rooms. The first that come to our mind are: George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and Hayao Miyazaki's unique work "Porco Rosso". It would be stunning if the museum collaborated with Hayao Miyazaki for Porco Rosso! If such a thing happens, invite us to the opening of the exhibition :)
Photographs:
Schweine Museum (Facebook Page)
Visit:
schweinemuseum.de/news-en
Opening Hours:
Closed on Mondays (from 01.08.2021) Tues - Fri: 11.00 - 15.00, Sat/Sun/holidays: 11.00 - 17.00
Address:
Schlachthofstraße 2a70188 Stuttgart
The International Spy Museum is an independent non-profit museum which documents the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of espionage. It holds the largest collection of international espionage artifacts on public display. We realized we were late to visit the museum after seeing James Bond's Aston Marin DB5... Let's hope it's not too late.
Photographs:
International Spy Museum (Facebook Page)
Visit:
spymuseum.org
Opening Hours:
The Spy Museum is open 7 days a week (9am-8pm).
Address:
700 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington DC 20024
The CupNoodles Museum Yokohama (カップヌードルミュージアム 横浜) is a museum dedicated to instant noodles and Cup Noodles, as well as its creator and founder, Momofuku Ando. The museum feature four stories of exhibitions and attractions. Includes various exhibits to display the history of instant ramen and Momofuku Ando's story. It is necessary not to be on a diet while visiting the Cupnoodles Museum :)
Photographs:
cupnoodles-museum.jp/en/osaka_ikeda/attractions/tunnel/
Visit:
cupnoodles-museum.jp/en/
Opening Hours:
Reception time 10:00 – 18:00 museum holidays excluded.
Address:
2-3-4 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0001 Japan
The DDR Museum is a museum in the centre of Berlin. Its exhibition depicts life in the former East Germany (known in German as the Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR) in a direct "hands-on" way. For example, a covert listening device ("bug") gives visitors the sense of being "under surveillance". One can also try DDR clothes on in the recreated tower block apartment, change TV channels or use an original typewriter. The exhibition has three themed areas: “Public Life”; “State and Ideology” and “Life in a Tower Block”.Each of them is presented under a critical light: the positives as well as the negatives sides of the DDR are explored in this exhibition. A total of 35 modules illustrate these three themes: Media, literature, music, culture, family, private niche, health, equality, diet, childhood, youth, partnership, fashion, border, Berlin, tra c, education, work, consumption, construction, living, free time, vacation, environment, party, Ministry for State Security, economy, state, ideology, army, brother states, wall, opposition, penal system and authority.
Photographs:
DDR Museum (Facebook Page)
Visit:
ddr-museum.de/en
Opening Hours:
Monday to Sunday: 9.00-21.00. The DDR Museum is open 365 days.
Address:
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. one right on the Spree river opposite the Berlin Cathedral 10178 Berlin
The interior design of the museum is quite beautiful, don't we deserve a 90s museum in Turkey? :)
5. Museum of Bad Art (MOBA)
Should everything be good, does art always involve the beauty, must all works in museums be stunningly beautiful? Absolutely not... Meet the MOBA! The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is the world's first and foremost museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art. MOBA currently is homeless. They are searching for new gallery space in the Boston area. Photographs:
Sophie Baddley, MOBA (Facebook Page)
Visit:
museumofbadart.org
Address:
Currently searching for a new place--
UPDATE (They sent us a message their new address, thank youu!): MOBA will be opening at new gallery on Sept. 6. Address: Dorchester Brewing Company, 1250 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02125. (Best wishes on their new chapter and new gallery space!)
6. Hair Museum Chez Galip
TURKEY!!! Yes, here we go! The Hair Museum of Avanos, in Cappadocia, is definitely a must-see if you’re into bizarre tourist spots. The behind-the-scenes story goes that the museum was started over 30 years ago, when one of Galip’s (owner) friends had to leave Avanos, and he was very sad. To leave him something to remember her by, the woman cut a piece of her hair and gave it to the potter. Since then, the women who visited his place and heard the story gave him a piece of their hair and their complete address. Throughout the years, he has amassed an impressive collection of over 16,000 differently colored locks of hair, from women all around the world. Do you ever think of leaving your hair when leaving a souvenir for someone...?Photographs:
chezgalip.com/en/hair_museum
Visit:
chezgalip.com/en/hair_museum
Address:
Avanos, Cappadocia, Turkey
7. Schweine Museum Stuttgart
The Schweine Museum is the largest Pig Museum in the world! The museum has a permanent display and changing special exhibitions. The collection includes more than 50,000 exhibits and is spread across a total of 27 themed rooms. The first that come to our mind are: George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and Hayao Miyazaki's unique work "Porco Rosso". It would be stunning if the museum collaborated with Hayao Miyazaki for Porco Rosso! If such a thing happens, invite us to the opening of the exhibition :)
Photographs:
Schweine Museum (Facebook Page)
Visit:
schweinemuseum.de/news-en
Opening Hours:
Closed on Mondays (from 01.08.2021) Tues - Fri: 11.00 - 15.00, Sat/Sun/holidays: 11.00 - 17.00
Address:
Schlachthofstraße 2a70188 Stuttgart
8. International Spy Museum
Cover photograpgh: James Bond's Aston Marin DB5, The International Spy Museum
The International Spy Museum is an independent non-profit museum which documents the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of espionage. It holds the largest collection of international espionage artifacts on public display. We realized we were late to visit the museum after seeing James Bond's Aston Marin DB5... Let's hope it's not too late.
Photographs:
International Spy Museum (Facebook Page)
Visit:
spymuseum.org
Opening Hours:
The Spy Museum is open 7 days a week (9am-8pm).
Address:
700 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington DC 20024
9. Cupnoodles Museum
The CupNoodles Museum Yokohama (カップヌードルミュージアム 横浜) is a museum dedicated to instant noodles and Cup Noodles, as well as its creator and founder, Momofuku Ando. The museum feature four stories of exhibitions and attractions. Includes various exhibits to display the history of instant ramen and Momofuku Ando's story. It is necessary not to be on a diet while visiting the Cupnoodles Museum :)
Photographs:
cupnoodles-museum.jp/en/osaka_ikeda/attractions/tunnel/
Visit:
cupnoodles-museum.jp/en/
Opening Hours:
Reception time 10:00 – 18:00 museum holidays excluded.
Address:
2-3-4 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0001 Japan
10. Deutsche Demokratische Republic Museum (DDR Museum)
The DDR Museum is a museum in the centre of Berlin. Its exhibition depicts life in the former East Germany (known in German as the Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR) in a direct "hands-on" way. For example, a covert listening device ("bug") gives visitors the sense of being "under surveillance". One can also try DDR clothes on in the recreated tower block apartment, change TV channels or use an original typewriter. The exhibition has three themed areas: “Public Life”; “State and Ideology” and “Life in a Tower Block”.Each of them is presented under a critical light: the positives as well as the negatives sides of the DDR are explored in this exhibition. A total of 35 modules illustrate these three themes: Media, literature, music, culture, family, private niche, health, equality, diet, childhood, youth, partnership, fashion, border, Berlin, tra c, education, work, consumption, construction, living, free time, vacation, environment, party, Ministry for State Security, economy, state, ideology, army, brother states, wall, opposition, penal system and authority.
Photographs:
DDR Museum (Facebook Page)
Visit:
ddr-museum.de/en
Opening Hours:
Monday to Sunday: 9.00-21.00. The DDR Museum is open 365 days.
Address:
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. one right on the Spree river opposite the Berlin Cathedral 10178 Berlin
The interior design of the museum is quite beautiful, don't we deserve a 90s museum in Turkey? :)
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