If you have already visited a good part of the most popular museums that appear in all travel guides, it is worth knowing those museums that, due to their theme, could be classified as peculiar or rare. The most curious thing is that they enjoy great acceptance among the public and receive quite a few visits per year. Next, we will review some of the most extravagant museums on the planet. Can you come with us?
Cat museum
Founded in 1990 by William Meijer in memory of his late cat Tom, the Cat Museum has various works of art dedicated to felines. In it you can even see drawings and paintings by Rembrandt, Picasso or Toulouse-Lautrec. You will find it at number 497 Herengracht, in an old house from the 6th century marked with the shield of a black cat on the front door. In addition, the museum has four petting kittens, making it a great place to visit with children. Admission costs 3 euros for adults and XNUMX for children under twelve.
Ice cream museum
The Bologna Ice Cream Museum is a sweet tooth's paradise. It was inaugurated in September 2012 under the patronage of the Carpigiani company, one of the best-known Italian brands of this dessert. The visit to this incredible place begins with a journey through the history of ice cream, dating back to ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire.
However, it was the Italians who were truly interested in the product, when they saw its commercial outlet. In fact, the first ice cream parlor in the world was run by a Sicilian in Paris. The Ice Cream Museum has an archive of more than 10.000 photographs and historical documents that invite the visitor to take a museum tour to learn about the evolution of this food over time.
Afterwards, the visitor is explained the secret to preparing the perfect ice cream and finally, it is the most anticipated moment of the visit: the ice cream tasting. A unique experience that you cannot miss if you visit Bologna.
Trash Museum
The Trash Museum and the Garbage Museum are located in Connecticut (United States). It was developed by the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority to raise awareness of the importance of caring for the environment. The interactive exhibits they organize explore the challenges of waste management. In addition, in them we find everything related to the garbage recycling processes as well as "works" created thanks to recycled materials. One of the best known is Trash-o-saurus, a kind of dinosaur made from containers.
Ramen Museum
Lovers of Japanese gastronomy will find in the Ramen Museum a paradise they will not want to leave. The ramen is made with noodles of Chinese origin served in soup with vegetables, meat and other foods. Its fame not only comes from its delicious taste but it is also a very inexpensive dish. To learn a little more about the origins of this food, the Ramen Museum was opened in Yokohama in 1994.
In the museum you can find restaurants where you can try the different types of ramen that are cooked according to the style of the different regions of Japan. In addition to the small and large sizes, restaurants serve tasting sizes to try several kinds of ramen in one visit. Very famous are Sapporo, Tokyo style and Hakata ramen.
There is an area in the museum where we can learn a little more about ramen and a store could not be missing where you can buy ramen of all kinds and everything we can think of to prepare ramen at home. The entrance fee is 300 yen for adults and 100 for children.
Museum of Counterfeits
The Museum of Counterfeits in Paris was created in 1951 by the Union of Manufacturers of France with the aim of showing counterfeiting throughout history and its effects on the world industry and economy. Here you can see more than 350 objects including copies of toys, food products, art, clothing, accessories, etc. It is an interesting place that also has guided tours to further expand our knowledge about the world of counterfeiting. The Museum of Counterfeiting is located at 16 rue de la Faisanderie.
Toilet Museum
In New Delhi there is a museum dedicated to the toilet. It's the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. Its purpose is to explain the history of toilets from the XNUMXth to the XNUMXst century. There are some really old pieces, as well as treatises and texts with the rules of good defecation. One of the most interesting pieces that the visitor can find is a replica of a royal throne with a camouflaged toilet from which the King Louis XIV of France attended his audiences while he was able to relax body tensions.
The promoter of the museum is Bindeshwar Pathak, a doctor who promoted the recycling of human feces from public toilets in India for the manufacture of biogas and who also founded an NGO called the Sulabh International Organization of Social Services, which has been dedicated since 1970 to install both domestic and public toilets to improve the sanitation situation of the population of India.