10 museums of the world, shocking

When you think about visiting a museum, most likely, you imagine a serious prestigious institution in a beautiful building - the Tate, the Louvre or the Uffizi. However, there are a variety of unusual museums, which should be visited only because they are strange and interesting. No matter whether they are distinguished by impressive architecture, an unusual theme or the fact that they are placed under water, here are the ten most attractive museums to visit.

Icelandic Museum of the Phallus

The focus of this exposition is not art, but penises! The collection contains more than three hundred genitals of various animals, ranging in size from two millimeters to two meters. The museum even has an exhibit dedicated to a man, he appeared in 2011. There are also serious finds, and joking. For example, there is a penis of the elf. He, of course, invisible, it will tell you any connoisseur of Icelandic folklore.

Museum of Soan

When you go to the Soan Museum, you are attacked from all sides by art: the works are located on each wall, on all surfaces, in every corner. In the evenings the museum is lit by candles, which makes the impressions even more vivid and unusual. There are so many exhibits here that some masterpieces are simply hidden in cabinets and displayed by the visitor at a certain time. This museum is completely different from all the others!

Underwater Museum in Cancun

Perhaps, this is the only museum in which you need a scuba entrance. It is a collection of unusual sculptures on the sea floor, located in a national park that is famous for the purity of water. You can look at four hundred different figures depicting the inhabitants and celebrities of Mexico. The depth here is small, from one and a half to three meters. All the figures are made of special materials, and over time they will turn into a beautiful coral reef.

Kafka Museum

Many museums dedicated to writers are trying to recreate the exquisite world of their books. When the author is known for books about paranoia, horror and psychological suffering, such a museum would be a bad idea. Nevertheless, the organizers of the museum Kafka managed to cope well with the task. Along with artifacts from the life of the author, there is even a copy of the torture machine from the story "In a penal colony". You will feel so close to Kafka's creativity that you seem, you are about to turn into an insect.

Museum of ruined relations

For many of us, the broken relationship is something from which you want to quickly recover and what you unpleasantly recall. In this museum in Croatia, another approach: there are collected artifacts that testify to love, with which something went wrong. In the collection there are video confessions, items related to romantic memories, and even an ax, by which a woman chopped up her former furniture after parting. This museum is one of the most original in Europe!

Kunsthaus

Some describe this building as a friendly alien, others are compared to a mutated organ, there are many options. In any case, the Austrian Kunsthaus is one of the most unusual buildings in the world. It's no wonder that he got to the list of museums too. It was built in honor of the year in which Graz was chosen as the European capital of culture. It does not fit into the surrounding architecture.

Museum of Bad Art

Why look at masterpieces, if you can look at such a terrible art that even the most kind mother would not hang it on the refrigerator? This is the essence of this museum, located in Massachusetts. Creepy surrealism, dull landscapes and complete bad taste distinguish the collection of this museum: here are exhibited only pictures that look worse than children's daub. After visiting such an exhibition you can appreciate the beauty of the other picture galleries much more fully.

Hairdressing Museum

If you think that Elvis Presley's life has been studied in the smallest details, you will not be surprised by this museum, entirely dedicated to the singer's hair. He is associated with a single haircut and is located in the hair salon where he was made. This is a very strange idea, but Presley fans will appreciate it.

Biomuseum

If you look at the building of this museum, you might think that this is a combination of Matisse and Mondrian mixed in the hadronic collider. This is the top of the architectural achievements of Frank Gehry, the place looks very strange and unusual. Bright colors perfectly correspond to the essence of the museum, which is dedicated to the diversity of species. The government of Panama hopes that this museum will be as popular as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Building a sheep and a dog

This is more like an information center than a museum, but it still deserves to appear on this list. The architecture of this building is so unusual that you will be shocked. On one side the building looks like a sheep, and on the other - a dog, there are no connections and logic in it. However, in the picturesque landscape of New Zealand, the building fits.