One of the most controversial and unusual museums in the world was created in 1995. The founders of the institution dedicated it to death in all its manifestations.
Guided by the slogan: "We are all going to die, why not learn more about death?" - J. Healy and K. Schultz have assembled a unique collection associated with the eternal mystery of human existence (or non-existence, to be more precise).
The museum is located on Hollywood Boulevard and is open seven days a week. Visitors have the opportunity to view the exhibition from 11 am to 8 pm. On Saturdays even until 22:00. Entrance fee is $15. There is free parking near the museum, which is very rare in Hollywood. Everyone is welcome, however, at the museum ticket office there is a recommendation not to take children with you, and pregnant women and people with poor health conditions should refrain from visiting. nervous system.
Advertising promises something unique, unique and special. There are no guides in the museum, but this does not affect the visitor experience in any way. Ignorance in English is also not an obstacle. What kind of exhibits does the museum “delight” visitors with?
Exhibits of the Museum of Death
A collection of various funeral attributes is just a prelude. Instruments for embalming bodies and dissecting corpses are far from the creepiest things in the “mortal” museum.
A huge collection of photographs depicting executions, the results of road accidents, the horrors of morgues, the “activities” of serial killers and maniacs. The museum’s special pride is the head of “Bluebeard,” a woman killer from France at the beginning of the 20th century, severed by guillotine and carefully preserved.
An entire hall of the museum is dedicated to suicides of all stripes.
Video is also widely represented. Executions, murders, tortured bodies...
A strong stomach, iron nerves, composure are necessary qualities for visitors to this controversial establishment.
The advertisement on the museum's website states that one visit lasts about 45 minutes. The owners of the establishment assure that visitors can stay in the halls as long as they want. Cases of fainting have been meticulously counted, and the statistics are presented with pride.
The establishment has a fairly large store where visitors can buy souvenirs to remember their visit: T-shirts, windbreakers, mugs, badges, magnets, string bags, wallets - everything with the symbols of the museum (skulls, the inscription "death", etc.), board game "Serial Killer" (one of the players is a killer, everyone else is a victim). To get such souvenirs, there is no need to go to Hollywood. You can order on the establishment's website.
The Museum of Death has no shortage of visitors. For obvious reasons, we did not display photographs from the museum halls.
Guided by slogan: "We're all going to die, why not to know more about death? — J. Healy and K. Schultz collected a unique collection associated with eternal secret human existence (or non-existence - that’s more accurate).
The museum is located on Hollywood boulevard, works seven days a week. Visitors have the opportunity to view the exhibition from 11 a.m. to 8 a.m. evenings. On Saturdays even until 22:00. Entrance fee is $15. There is free parking near the museum, which is very rare in Hollywood. Allowed everyone is interested, however, hanging at the museum ticket office recommendation do not take children with you, refrain from visits pregnant women and people with a weak nervous system.
At the creepy Museum of Death in Los Angeles located the most large collection artwork, which were created by serial killers. This collection can easily frighten even the most skeptical people and penetrate their subconscious. Photos real horror scenes murders and the autopsies that followed them, clearly intended not for people with weak stomachs.
Photos of terrible accidents can discourage person desire to ever get into a car again. The museum has rooms filled funeral paraphernalia and tools for embalming, photographs of executions, exhibits graphically reflecting various cases of murder, as well as room, dedicated exclusively to suicide cases. Still not afraid visit this museum?
Then try look videos that exhibited for all to see, in which people are actually being killed. In this museum you can Also see the head of the Parisian murderer "Bluebeard" (Henri Landru), severed guillotine.
Dolls ventriloquists may seem outdated and sentimental. They take us back to the days of vaudeville and carnivals, but take a closer look - they look extremely scary. The fact that they seem alive and have a distinct personality is certainly a trick well executed, but there's also something creepy about these mini-people. They they tell jokes, eye rolls and even Sometimes express their own opinions. If we suspend disbelief and take a closer look– one can easily imagine that they are capable of some rather dark and evil acts.
If one is like this doll looks scary then Imagine imagine how terrifying their whole collection of more than 700 dolls sitting in chairs and watching at you with empty eyes. The Vent Haven Museum of Ventrology, located in Kentucky, is the only one museum in the world dedicated to ventrology.
Here you will find a huge variety of mannequins carved from wood, with well-crafted facial features so that they can be seen even from the back rows of the theater. Their merciless eyes will follow you throughout the museum, as if trying to force you to take on the role of their master. Stay calm and try not to run out of the museum screaming in horror.
Museum of Death in Los-Angeles- This huge collection works art created by serial killers that will make even a person with iron nerves shudder. On the walls of the museum you can see many photographs of shocking crime scenes and subsequent behind them are autopsies of unfortunate victims, and photographs of terrible accidents can cause you to never want to drive a car again.
The museum also has rooms filled with funeral paraphernalia and objects for embalming, photographs all kinds of executions and exhibits, recreating murder scenes. There is also a room dedicated exclusively to suicide.
You're still not scared, even though you examined all this? Then try watching a video that shows various deaths absolutely real people, or pay attention on the severed head of Bluebeard from Paris.
Mannequins- ventriloquists may seem outdated. In addition, such items are often perceived as low-quality products, returning us to old vaudevilles or carnivals. But take a closer look and you will be scared.
Of course, the fact that the dolls complain about life and even seem to have personality is just a clever trick, but still there is something creepy about these “artificial people”. They tell jokes, roll their eyes, and seem to have an opinion on everything. Take a critical look away and it will seem to you that every mannequin harbors evil intent.
Even if only one like this the doll is already scary, then imagine the impression of 700 such exhibits - all the dolls are sitting in chairs and looking at you with frozen, empty eyes. Museum ventriloquists in Fort Mitchell - the only such museum in world. Here you will find endless rows of wooden mannequins whose eyes seem to follow your every move, as if in an attempt hypnotize and bend you to his will. One piece of advice: stay calm and try not to scream.
One of these world famous museums, is the Museum of Death, located In Los Angeles. Thousands of tourists visiting the USA certainly want to visit it, but not everyone has the courage! The Museum of Death displays a huge collection works created serial killers and maniacs. The walls of the museum are covered with photographs depicting crime scenes and autopsies their victims.
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These museums are not just scary, they inspire inhuman horror. If you have nerves of steel and love to tickle them, then we advise you to visit these creepy places and see everything with your own eyes. In the meantime, we invite you to look at photographs of the most terrible museums from different countries peace. Not recommended for viewing by pregnant women, children, or people with unstable mental health!
Museum of Death in Los Angeles, California, USA
The creepy Museum of Death in Los Angeles houses the largest collection of artwork created by serial killers. This collection can easily scare even the most skeptical people and penetrate their subconscious. The photographs of the actual gruesome murder scenes and the autopsies that followed are clearly not for those with weak stomachs. Photos of terrible accidents can discourage a person from ever getting into a car again. The museum has rooms filled with funeral paraphernalia and embalming instruments, photographs of executions, exhibits graphically depicting various murder cases, and a room dedicated exclusively to suicide cases. Still not afraid to visit this museum? Then try watching the videos that are put on public display of people actually being killed. In this museum you can also see the head of the Parisian murderer "Bluebeard" (Henri Landru), severed by the guillotine.
Vent Haven Ventriloquist Museum, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, USA
Ventriloquist dolls may seem outdated and sentimental. They take us back to the days of vaudeville and carnivals, but take a closer look - they look extremely scary. The fact that they seem alive and have a distinct personality is certainly a trick well executed, but there's also something creepy about these mini-people. They tell jokes, roll their eyes, and even sometimes express their own opinions. If you put aside disbelief and take a closer look, you can easily imagine that they are capable of quite dark and evil acts.
If one such doll looks scary, then imagine how terrifying their entire collection of more than 700 dolls is, sitting in chairs and looking at you with empty eyes. The Vent Haven Museum of Ventrology, located in Kentucky, is the only museum in the world dedicated to ventrology. Here you will find a huge variety of mannequins carved from wood, with well-crafted facial features so that they can be seen even from the back rows of the theater. Their merciless eyes will follow you throughout the museum, as if trying to force you to take on the role of their master. Stay calm and try not to run out of the museum screaming in horror.
Museum of the Mummies, Guanajuato, Mexico
In the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, you can visit a horribly strange museum that will haunt your nightmares. There are the bodies of 111 mummified men, women and children, many with their mouths open, forever frozen in screams of horror as these people were buried alive. These bodies were originally buried during a cholera outbreak that occurred in the region in 1833. They were gradually dug up from their final resting place between 1865 and 1958 because their surviving relatives were unable or unwilling to pay taxes to keep them in the ground. The Mummies Museum grew because tourists paid cemetery workers a few pesos to view the preserved bodies that were housed in the cemetery building. As you view this macabre collection, you'll be able to see the world's smallest mummy, the fetus of a pregnant woman who fell victim to the cholera plague. Other creepy mummies are wearing the same clothes they were buried in, while some lie naked or wearing only shoes and socks. The creepiness of witnessing this peculiar collection of life after death may well creep into your worst nightmares.
Dupuytren Museum, Paris, France
This terrifyingly weird and creepy museum located in Paris is filled with real-life examples of medical abnormalities. The Dupuytren Museum was opened in 1835 by the famous Parisian anatomist and surgeon, who collected diseased and mutilated fetuses, skeletons and human organs. This grisly collection, which numbers around 6,000 items, consists of jars filled with liquid containing deformed human body parts, Siamese twins and babies born with internal organs out. In the museum you can also see six wax models human heads with bizarre cysts, cleft lips and frighteningly undetectable birth defects. Of course there are also many glass jars, filled with floating brains of patients suffering from aphasia, which were well preserved in alcohol. This museum, both shocking and disgusting, will certainly not leave even the most callous visitor indifferent.
Glore Psychiatric Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Upon entering the strange Psychiatric Museum of Glor, a sense of danger and caution is activated. The museum opened in 1968 in a psychiatric hospital that was originally named State Lunatic Asylum #2 in 1874. Darkness permeates the corridors of this building. Perhaps these are the long-standing cries of those people who were imprisoned within these very walls, and who were subjected to strange, often painful procedures aimed at bringing out the “madness” from them. Imagine being imprisoned in a huge hamster wheel - that's what the "Hollow Wheel" was, in which 18th century patients moved for 48 hours at a time as doctors tried to wear them out. Other patients were put on the tranquilizer chair, where they had parts of their bodies cut and left to bleed for up to six months under the supervision of a doctor who believed mental illness was caused by too much blood in the brain. Other “health” procedures included lowering patients into buckets of ice water, to cause shock to all their vital systems and normalize their psychological state.
All of the above and more great amount other procedures can be seen by visiting this terrifying museum. There you can also see barbaric psychiatric techniques, instruments, equipment and three-dimensional displays that recreate all this madness using mannequins with smiling faces. At the museum, you can admire eerie works of art created by real patients and examine an intricate assortment of items pulled from the stomach of one of the mental patients: 453 nails, 105 bobby pins, 115 pins, and an assortment of nails, screws, buttons , hooks, buttons and needles. Know that no matter how hard life may seem to us at times, things could be much worse.
Mutter Museum of Medical History, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The Mütter Museum of Medical History is a collection consisting of pathological specimens and medical anomalies. The museum first opened its doors to visitors writhing in panic and disgust in 1858. In this museum you can look at: the real brains of murderers and epileptics, a wall of skulls with stories about how each of these people died, a plaster cast of the infamous conjoined twins Chang and Eng, including the real liver attached to the cast, which was common to the twins, as well as the skeleton of a giant man whose height reached 228 centimeters. This place can definitely give you goosebumps. Just like the Dupuytren Museum in Paris, there are jars in which floating creatures that are supposed to be human, but look more like aliens. Here you can also find photographs of the most unusual and disgusting diseases and deformations of the human body. Also, try not to gag when you see the 274-centimeter-long human colon, which at the time of surgery contained more than 18 kilograms of feces. The owner of this colon was a second-rate actor who performed under the nickname The Great balloon(Great Balloon). The Mütter Museum of Medical History should definitely be visited only by those people who do not have a weak stomach.
Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology, Turin, Italy
More than 400 human skulls oversee the Italian Museum of Criminal Anthropology, created in 1898 by criminal physiognomist Cesare Lombroso. Lombroso was obsessed with the idea that deviant behavior and criminal tendencies went hand in hand with the shape and size of the human skull. He collected and dismembered the skulls of soldiers, civilians, criminals and madmen.
His collection also includes full-size skeletons, brains, autopsy images, antique tools and implements that were used in real-life crimes. There is an atmosphere of fear in the halls of this museum. If you don't believe us, you can ask Dr. Lombroso himself. His perfectly preserved head is displayed here in a separate glass chamber.
Medieval Torture Museum, San Gimignano, Italy
Are you interested in knowing why the Middle Ages are also called the Dark Ages of European history? Are you ready to explore the sadistic side of humanity and see how cruel people can be when they hide their actions under the guise of “justice” or punishment? Visit the Museum of Medieval Torture in San Gimignano, Italy and explore this collection of over 100 terrifying, painful devices of pure sadism.
This museum is located in the basement of the 13th century Devil's Tower. While in the tower, you can almost hear the screams and moans of people undergoing torture. Traveling through the corridors, you will see the once functioning guillotine, the devil's rack, used to stretch and tear people apart, the barbaric "Spanish Spider" which was used to tear out the breasts of an unfaithful wife, as well as the "Heretic's Fork" made with razor sharp spikes that were placed under the victim’s chin and prevented her from falling asleep. Inside the museum, you'll be able to get an up-close look at the truly terrifying "Iron Maiden" (Maiden of Nuremberg), a coffin-like device with an opening door lined with sharp blades on the inside that would impale the victim inside the device when the door was closed. This museum not only reflects the true darkness of the Dark Ages, but also explores the depths of darkness of some human souls.
Usually people visit museums to enjoy the beauty of masterpieces of art or learn about history, but the ten museums we want to tell you about can give you vivid nightmares. They display all sorts of objects that seem to be props from horror films - but, nevertheless, they are all quite real and were used, so to speak, for their intended purpose.
1. Museum of Death (Los Angeles, California, USA)
The Museum of Death in Los Angeles is a huge collection of works of art created by serial killers that will make even a person with nerves of iron shudder. On the walls of the museum you can see many photographs of shocking crime scenes and subsequent autopsies of unfortunate victims, and photographs of terrible accidents may make you never want to drive a car again.
The museum also has rooms filled with funeral paraphernalia and embalming items, photographs of various executions and exhibits recreating murder scenes. There is also a room dedicated exclusively to suicide.
Are you still not scared, even if you have examined all this? Then try watching a video that shows various deaths of absolutely real people, or pay attention to the severed head of Bluebeard from Paris.
2. Ventriloquist Museum (Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, USA)
Ventriloquist dummies may seem outdated. In addition, such items are often perceived as shoddy products, harkening back to old-time vaudeville or carnivals. But take a closer look and you will be scared.
Of course, the fact that the dolls complain about life and even seem to have personality is just a clever trick, but still there is something creepy about these “artificial people”. They tell jokes, roll their eyes, and seem to have an opinion on everything. Take a critical look away and it will seem to you that every mannequin harbors evil intent.
If even one such doll is already scary, then imagine the impression of 700 such exhibits - all the dolls are sitting in chairs and looking at you with frozen, empty eyes. The Ventriloquist Museum at Fort Mitchell is the only such museum in the world. Here you will find endless rows of wooden mannequins, whose eyes seem to follow your every move, as if in an attempt to hypnotize you and bend you to their will. One piece of advice: stay calm and try not to scream.
3. Museum of Mummies (Guanajuato, Mexico)
An extremely unusual and evocative museum can be visited in the Mexican city of Guanajuato. The exhibits include 111 mummified bodies of men, women and children - many of them open-mouthed in an eternal scream as they were buried alive.
All the bodies were buried during the cholera epidemic in 1833. Gradually, from 1865 to 1958, they were removed from last place burials, since surviving relatives could not pay tax for a place in the cemetery. This is how the museum of mummies appeared - tourists gave the cemetery workers a few pesos to look at the corpses stored in one of the cemetery buildings.
As you browse this macabre collection, you'll be able to see the world's smallest mummy - the fetus of a pregnant woman who fell victim to cholera. Many mummies will be wearing the same clothes they were wearing at the time of burial, while others will be naked or wearing only shoes. This interpretation of life after death is no laughing matter, needless to say.
4. Dupuytren Museum (Paris, France)
The exhibits of this Parisian museum are real examples various deviations in medicine. The Dupuytren Museum was opened in 1835 by the famous Parisian anatomist and surgeon, who collected a collection of unborn babies with congenital diseases and deformities, skeletons and human organs. The grisly exhibition contains more than six thousand artifacts, including jars containing deformed human body parts, Siamese twins and babies born with exposed internal organs.
The museum also displays wax models of human heads with bizarre growths, cleft lips and birth defects that cannot be classified. Of course, there are also many glass jars in which the brains of aphasic patients float - it must be said that they are perfectly preserved in alcohol. This museum will certainly not leave even the most callous person indifferent.
5. Glor Psychiatric Museum (St. Joseph, Missouri, USA)
Upon entering the Glor Psychiatric Museum, you will immediately feel a sense of wariness and danger. The museum was opened in 1968 in a psychiatric hospital, which already in 1874 was the State Psychiatric House No. 2. Despair reigns in the corridors of this building. Perhaps these are the long-silenced cries of those who lived within these walls and often underwent unusual and often painful procedures to cure their “madness.”
Imagine that someone was imprisoned in a giant wheel - an enlarged version of the wheel that is often found in hamster cages: patients were forced to run in such a wheel for 48 hours at a time - this was necessary to tire them out. Other patients were prescribed a "tranquilizer chair" in which incisions were made on their bodies to allow bloodletting. Sometimes people underwent this procedure every day for six months because doctors believed that the cause of madness was excess blood flow to the brain. Still others were dipped into vats of ice water to induce shock - in medicinal purposes, of course.
During a visit to the museum, you can see all this and much more: barbaric methods previously used in psychiatry, tools and equipment for treating the mentally ill, as well as three-dimensional displays recreating the madness that happened here before, and mannequins with wandering smiles.
In addition, the exhibits include gruesome art created by patients and an elaborate display of objects recovered from the stomach of one madman: 453 nails, 105 hairpins, 115 pins and countless assorted nails, screws, buttons, hooks, snaps and needles.
You know, no matter how difficult your life is, after visiting this museum it begins to seem that someone else had it much worse.
6. “Mother” Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
The "Mother" Museum houses samples of medical pathologies and anomalies. The museum opened its doors to visitors in 1858. Among its exhibits are the real brains of murderers and epileptics, walls of skulls, on each of which hangs a plaque describing the death of the former owner, a plaster cast of the infamous Siamese twins Chang and Eng and their liver preserved in alcohol - one for two, as well as the skeleton of a giant 7. 6 meters tall.
As in the Dupuytren Museum in Paris, there are jars with creatures floating in them that, although they were actually human, look like aliens from horror films, as well as photographs of unfortunate people with the most unusual diseases and bodily deformities. Try not to feel nauseated at the sight of a 2.7-meter human colon, which at the time of removal from the body contained more than 18 kg of feces - the organ belonged to an actor who performed under the pseudonym The Great Balloon.
It seems that the “Mother” Museum contains the most nauseating exhibits from all over the world - and so it is.
7. Lombroso Museum of Criminal Anthropology (Turin, Italy)
The Italian Museum of Anthropology, founded in 1898 by criminal physiognomist Cesare Lombroso, has more than 400 human skulls on display. Lombroso was obsessed with the idea that deviant behavior and criminal tendencies were related to the shape and size of the skull. He collected and classified the skulls of soldiers, civilians, criminals and madmen.
Lombroso's collection also contains full-size skeletons, brains, autopsy images, antique tools and weapons used in real-life crimes. The air of this place is filled with fear. And if that’s not enough for you, “meet” the head of Doctor Lombroso in person - it is perfectly preserved in a glass chamber.
8. Medieval Museum of Torture (San Gimignano, Italy)
Are you wondering why the Middle Ages are often called the Dark Ages? Ready to learn more about human sadism and see how truly cruel people can act under the guise of "justice"? Visit the Museum of Medieval Torture in the Italian town of San Gimignano - there you will see a collection of more than 100 instruments created to torture some people with others.
The museum is located in the Devil's Tower, built back in the 13th century - you can almost hear the groans of the victims who were tortured in this place many centuries ago. You will see the guillotine, devilish stands for stretching the victim's body, the "Spanish spider" used to tear the breasts of unfaithful wives from the body, and the "heretic's fork" - a device with razor-sharp thorns that was placed under the victim's chin to prevent she should fall asleep.
Also on display here is the Maiden of Nuremberg - a sarcophagus with blades on the door, which pierced the still living victim inside when the sarcophagus was closed. This museum not only shows the true darkness of the Middle Ages, but also exposes the abyss of darkness in human souls.
10. Catacombs of the Capuchins (Palermo, Italy)
Palermo is home to one of the most creepy burials - this museum is located under one of the ancient buildings at the monastery cemetery. The Capuchin Catacombs are a collection of more than eight thousand mummified human bodies, all of whom died between the 17th and 18th centuries.
The bodies lie on the floor, hanging on the walls in the cells of the underground labyrinth of the city where they lived several centuries ago. Dusty and gray, the corpses are dressed in the best clothes they had in life. Many of the dead, while alive, left instructions that at a certain time the decayed clothes should be replaced with new ones.
Empty eye sockets and mouths gaping in an eerie smile in the dim light of the catacombs seem to mock visitors. The dead are divided according to the class and status they occupied in life: men are kept separate from women and children, while priests, monks, professors and even maidens have their own quarters.
In Los Angeles, on Hollywood Boulevard, a sister of the Novosibirsk museum, the American Museum of Death, is successfully operating. Today this is one of the most famous museums in a world where hundreds of thousands of tourists come every year.
It was founded by J.D. Haley and Kathy Schultz. The desire to create such unusual museum they explained that it was time for a person to learn to value his life. And this cannot be done 100% if you do not look beyond life. Thus, the Museum of Death was originally opened in 1995 in San Diego, California. Previously, the building belonged to the famous bailiff Wyatt Earp, who killed prisoners. And in 1995, a morgue was located there.
Here short list American museum exhibits:
- a large collection of real photographs depicting the moment of execution;
- accident results;
- the interior of not the cleanest morgues in the world;
- photographs of the crimes of maniacs and serial killers (fans of “Dexter” will be delighted), among which you can see photographs of the bloody massacres of the famous American criminal Charles Manson;
- a reconstruction of the cult suicide called "Heaven's Gate", which occurred in 1997;
- photographs from the morgue showing the dismembered body of a young girl, Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia (her murder became one of the most mysterious crimes committed in the United States);
- "Thanatron" or "Death Machine", a euthanasia machine created by Jack Kevorkian ("Doctor Death");
- the head of the serial killer “Bluebeard” or Henri Landru, severed by guillotine.
The museum is divided into several rooms. In some you can see children's coffins different eras, and in others - letters, illustrations that previously belonged to bloody serial killers. The Museum of Death often films episodes in the morgue and autopsy processes. A terrifying video called “Faces of Death” (1993) was also filmed here, as well as a video for The Heaven’s Gate Cult (2008). Next to the museum there is a souvenir shop where every visitor can purchase T-shirts, windbreakers, and magnets as souvenirs , bags, wallets with the symbols of the museum. Also, many come here to purchase. board game“Serial Killer”, where one of the players is a killer, and everyone else is his victim.
