The Packaging Museum is located in the very center of Moscow. Always in a hurry, past the 12th entrance of the Polytechnic Museum, passers-by do not even suspect that behind the massive door with a small, inconspicuous sign they are waiting for a very exciting tour. Rare labels, bottles, boxes and boxes are presented here in such quantity that moving from stand to stand you can hold a whole lecture on the history of the state.The beginning of this unusual museum was the collection of I. N. Smirny, who at one time organized the magazine "Packaging and packaging". Working in this magazine, he began to collect vintage packaging and wrappers: simple wrappers, anniversary labels, and rare boxes. By 1997, the collection already had a lot of exhibits, and then the idea was born to organize the first exhibition - "Packaging from old Moscow", dedicated to the anniversary of the capital. A year later, a new exhibition was presented- "Two Centuries of the Russian Label", which was a success with visitors. After these two successful exhibitions, the Packaging Museum received a permanent residence permit in the building of the Polytechnic Museum. By the way, opened in 1999.

Enter the fascinating world of this internationally famous Museum and have a unique experience, it marks the culmination of a dream by Ex-Racing champion Brian Radam. His interest in this type of equipment stems from early involvement in the family business started in 1945 which has developed into Lawnmowerworld, catering for all aspects of sales, spares and service. The Museum retains a character not often seen in these modern times.
The Museum has now become one of the Worlds leading authorities on vintage lawnmowers and are now specialists in antique garden machinery, supplying parts, archive conservation of manuscript materials and valuing machines from all over the world. See 'Lawnmowers of the Rich and Famous' including Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Brian May, Nicholas Parsons, Eric Morcambe, Hilda Ogden, Alan Titchmarsh and many more.
The lawnmower was patented by Edwin Beard Budding in 1830. He was working in a textile mill in Stroud, Gloucester, where he designed a machine originally to trim the knap off the cloth, destined for Guardsmen's uniforms. His revolutionary idea was to use it to cut grass!!. At the time people thought he was a lunatic and a madman to invent such a contraption, so he had to test the machine at night so no one could see him. Why not book a guided tour and learn more of the extraordinary history of the garden machine industry. Included in this Unique National collection are manufacturers not normally associated with the garden industry, names such as Rolls Royce, Royal Enfield, Vincent, Dennis, Hawker Sidley, Perkins Diesel, British Leyland, Fraser Nash and many more. Most of the exhibit's technical and industrial artefacts are from the Victorian and Edwardian era. The restored exhibits are devoted to keeping a small part of British engineering Heritage alive. BRITISH AT ITS BEST over the last 200 years.

Not far from Barcelona (60 km), in the pretty resort town of Lloret de Mar, in August 2002, a unique museum called "Cat House"was opened.
The main collection of the museum was a private collection. The exposition of the museum "Cat House" is located in 6 halls on three floors of a very nice mansion near the central embankment and the city hall. The collection contains about 6000 exhibits from all over the world. Each item is associated with the amazing, mysterious and beloved furry four-legged cats. It tells the story of the relationship between man and cat for many centuries. Visitors can see cat portraits, paintings, painted walls, ceramic products, porcelain, crystal, wood, stone, silver and bronze figurines of cats, piggy banks, toys, bells, jewelry, as well as various household items.
The items collected in the museum's collection date back to the period from the XVIII century to the present. Here there is a special atmosphere created by artistic images, works of art.

This unique collection consists of nearly 100 collars that were collected by Irish medieval scholar John Hunt and his wife, Gertrude. Extended by the Leeds Castle Foundation, the collection has pieces that span history from medieval to Victorian times.
In the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, the forests of Europe were full of predators that were happy to rip out the throats of the hunting dogs that entered their territory. To protect their faithful companions, hunters would fit the dogs with thick iron collars covered in impressive spikes.
Another intriguing period for the currently mundane pet staple was the 18th century, when they became more decorative and less functional – baroque leather embellished with metalwork and velvet, sometimes bearing the arms of royal owners. While tags are now commonly marked with simple identification and medical information, many of these bear inscriptions and quotes that had significance to the dog's master.
Spanning five centuries of canine chic, this unusual collection is visited by more than 500,000 dog lovers a year, both local and from overseas.

We got into the fascinating world of toilet lids. The owner drove around the room, happy to share the biography and history of the creation of the collection. There are more than a thousand exhibits here. Each toilet seat is a separate composition in a collage. The subjects of the exhibitions are diverse, from personal stories to installations of famous people. I remember the work with photos of the young master, pictures of Hollywood stars, posters of rock bands. We see images of symbols of the United States of America, sports equipment, car license plates, X-ray images of human joints. The toilet seats are painted with paints, decorated with an application of stones, sea shells, dried plants, flowers, feathers, animal skins. Everything is used: ties, lighters, keys, bells, coffin handles. He lovingly dedicates his works to his relatives. There is even a lid with stones from the wife's kidneys removed during the operation.
The popularity came after the show on local television. Those who want to come for a tour. The exhibition is free of charge. Visitors are happy to communicate with an interesting person.

Prague is firmly established as the capital of alchemy and magic. It is not known why representatives of these "professions" came here, some were more scientists, like Goethe's Faust, some were charlatans and swindlers, but the fact remains that there were a lot of them in the city. Where else, if not in Prague, was there to be an interesting museum. It is located in the former laboratory of Edward Kelly, a Scottish alchemist. There are two full-fledged and stand-alone expositions. The first tells about the history of alchemy, the second, interactive, — the alchemist's office, his laboratory, the holy of holies. Opening the heavy door, guests enter the world of magic and sorcery. In one place, a mountain of scrolls with magical knowledge, dilapidated by time, is piled up, in another, glass flasks of all shapes and sizes are perched. Potions and magic elixirs were prepared in them. Sometimes alchemists did make great discoveries, for example, Berthold Schwartz invented gunpowder and probably used the same chemical utensils. A small human skeleton in a glass flask recalls the creation of an artificial human Golem, the hero of Czech myths and legends . In the corner is a magician's oven, which can even be inflated with bellows specially adapted for this purpose, and you can practice making decoctions from the herbs located here. In creating a mysterious atmosphere, the alchemist himself will help, observing the process. Of course, this is an artful wax figure, but the effect of the presence is amazing.

In the capital of Croatia, Zagreb, there is a unique museum of its kind. Which is also called the Museum of Broken Relationships or the Museum of Broken Hearts. This original exhibition won the European Museum of the Year award in 2011. The history of its creation is quite predictable and understandable. Zagreb artists Olinka Vistitsa and Drazen Grabisic were married, but at some point decided to divorce, while maintaining friendly relations. The former couple did not want to part with the things that were once dear to both of them. They decided to collect everything memorable and symbolic of their former love in one place. And show it to the whole world. Later, the collection of exhibits gradually increased. Many couples from all over the world have started sending their personal memorabilia to the Divorce Museum. So, gradually, the museum was overgrown with exhibits and their own exciting stories. Near each item that is in this unusual museum, visitors are presented with a description in English and Croatian. Visitors to the museum can see here items that once meant something to someone. These are sometimes touching, sometimes tragicomic moments from relationships, unrealized plans and desires of former lovers. The organizers also share their observations of the visitors. According to them, couples often hug during a visit to the museum and generally quite emotionally experience everything they see here. During the first five years of its existence, the Divorce Museum in Zagreb was visited by more than three hundred thousand people. The museum has a cozy cafe where you can enjoy tea or coffee with traditional Croatian honey and pepper buns after visiting the exhibition.

Pasta is a favorite dish in Italy, which has become a symbol of the country. In 1889, the National Macaroni Museum was established in Rome. The museum reveals to visitors the fascinating history of the creation of pasta, the evolution of the technology of their production and preparation. In the eleven halls, a variety of items related to pasta are presented in one way or another: from ancient devices (rolling pin, sieve) to modern equipment used for production, molding and drying. It is noteworthy that pasta was not invented by the Italians, but by the Greeks. However, it was in Italy that the technology was created that allows you to dry pasta and save it for many months and years. This event is confirmed by a document dated 1154. The document is also on display at the museum. Currently, there is a huge variety of types and forms of this product. Among the exhibits of the museum are also a variety of postcards, stamps with the image of pasta and historical documents that shed light on certain facts from the history of this dish. In a separate room, visitors can see photos of famous people eating Italian pasta with an appetite.

In the museum of instant noodles, you can see various exhibits that will tell visitors about the history of ramen noodles.
Here you can find various types of noodle packaging, a whole mini-noodle factory, where you can see all the stages of making the product. In addition, the museum has a model of the hut where the inventor of instant noodles Momofuku Ando lived. The museum has a souvenir shop where you can buy noodles with different flavors, as well as original bowls for brewing the product. There is also a bar "35 knots"on site. Visitors to the museum are invited to participate in the production of noodles, for example-to make dough, cut the noodles, put them in the dryer and even pack them. In addition, each guest receives a small cup in which you can put one of the types of noodles, add powdered broth and a cube with dried spices and vegetables.

In the Netherlands, there is the only Museum of the Human Body in the world, created so realistically that visitors can take their breath away. Right from the threshold, you get into the human body and can move through all the departments of the huge body.
The museum, located in the city of Leiden near the capital of the Netherlands, is hard to miss. Even from afar, you can see a giant figure in the form of a sitting person, as if built into a modern high-rise building. And the entrance to the museum is located in the knee of this giant sculpture, which you need to climb on a special escalator.
Inside the museum-in fact, the whole city, consisting of different parts of the body, which you can wander at your pleasure, if, of course, you have strong nerves.
Starting with the femur and observing the creation of white blood cells and red blood cells, the travelers gradually move up the human body. In total, during their journey, they pass seven floors, if so you can call the parts of a giant man.

Metal lunch boxes evoke a sense of nostalgia for many Americans. However, these bright children's boxes in the hands of children turned into dangerous items and were banned for sale for a while. Metal lunch boxes began to attract American youth back in the 20s of the last century. However, then they were all gray and acted as ordinary dishes. As a result, the companies, the first of which was "Disney", began to sell licenses to manufacturers of lunch boxes, allowing them to use their characters as an external decoration. Since that time, lunch boxes have become the epitome of individualism and uniqueness for children. In the 70s, a group of mothers from Florida protested against the manufacturers of metal lunch boxes. According to them, children threw them at their peers, which sometimes led to serious injuries. Soon this campaign was supported in other states of America, after which the sale of lunch boxes had to be temporarily banned. The last metal box was produced in 1985. It would seem that during all this time, many different metal boxes were created. However, the Lunch Box Museum counted only 450 unique exhibits that were made between 1951 and 1985. All other boxes, as a rule, repeat the design of the previous ones. Today, Mr. Woolad's museum is filled with three and a half thousand lunch boxes, as well as the thermos bottles that came with them. Allen Woodall also makes money by selling duplicates of museum exhibits, which can cost two and a half thousand dollars.

The Museum of Underwater Sculptures in the city of Cancun in Mexico is a place that all tourists are sure to visit. The museum is located in the Caribbean Sea, not far from the coast. Its entire exposition is located at the bottom, 10 m under water. The underwater museum in the Russian tradition acquired the name Musa, but in general MUSA is an abbreviation of Museo Subacuatico de Arte, which means Underwater Art Museum. Another name of the project sounds like "Silent evolution". The museum opened in December 2010. The author of the project was the sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor, who took 1.5 years to implement this idea. There are no identical sculptures in the museum's exposition, they are all different and many reflect very interesting ideas. For example, in the exhibition there is a "Collector of lost hopes". This sculpture depicts a man standing near the reception desk, which is filled with bottles with messages. All the messages are real-they were written by volunteers who want to have a hand in creating a "Silent Evolution".

What can I hide, after watching movies about superagent 007, everyone at least briefly wants to plunge into the otmosphere of mystery and super-secret tasks, using super-secret weapons of secret agents. Now, not only from TV screens, we can find out what means and methods agents use. Relatively recently, the International Museum of Espionage - the only original museum of espionage on the planet-opened in Washington, the spy capital of America. Here is a huge collection of spy artifacts and tools, which is constantly updated. The museum with this name is rightfully one of the most fascinating and visited in Washington. Who is not interested in at least briefly plunge into the world of espionage? It was created, which may seem surprising, by a man from the USSR, who for a long time was a resident of the Soviet Union in the United States.Kalugin. This kind of museum is the only one in all of America and the same in terms of coverage of all the subtleties of espionage activities around the world. It has a collection of exhibits, numbering more than 600 items. This is a huge variety of listening equipment, and hidden surveillance cameras, and exotic umbrellas-syringes filled with deadly poison, lighters with a built-in camera and much more

The Hair Museum in Cappadocia is perhaps one of the most unusual museums in the world, the exhibits of this museum are-hair. The founder of this institution was Chez Galip, a Turkish potter. According to the history of the museum, once the girl with whom the craftsman was in love had to leave Avanos, and he was very upset about the fact that he had to part. To console the potter in some way, the girl gave him a lock of her blonde hair as a souvenir of herself. This happened in 1979. The artisan kept this lock and hung it, along with the signature, in a prominent place in his workshop. Since then, when talking to the visitors of his ceramics shop, Galip told them this sad and romantic story. Women from all over the world who heard this story also left strands of their hair to the potter, and also wrote down their addresses on paper. As a result, for several decades, a huge collection of curls of women's hair was accumulated – more than sixteen thousand copies. This set became an exhibition in this museum, located under the workshop of Galip. The potter himself was even able to get into the Guinness Book of Records - as the owner of the world's largest collection of hair. The walls and ceiling of this museum are completely covered with his exhibits – strands of hair attached to scraps of paper. They contain the contact details of the former owners of the hair.

The Russian Vodka Museum is considered to be one of the most extraordinary and impressive museums in our city. Here you will learn a lot of interesting facts from the history of the national drink, which you never knew before: when and where vodka was invented, how and from what it was drunk, what you need to eat, what vodka is made from, and when the first monopoly on its production was introduced. All these and many other questions will be answered by visiting the "Museum of Russian Vodka".The museum is located in the historical center of St. Petersburg near St. Isaac's Square, in the building where the "Barracks of the Life Guards of His Imperial Majesty's Cavalry Regiment" were located before the revolution.The museum presents an exhibition that tells in detail about the historical chronicle of the events and facts of the creation of the Russian alcoholic beverage. In the spacious hall, two compositions of three wax figures are decorated. The main part of the collection consists of old containers, vessels, kitchen utensils. The museum is particularly proud of the bottles that belonged to the famous factories of the Kings of Russian distillery production of the XIX century.

The history of the Museum of Bad Art begins in 1994, when the antique dealer Scott Wilson accidentally saw the painting "Lucy in a field of flowers" sticking out of a trash can in Boston. The picture was so poorly drawn that it simply charmed with its boldness and audacity. Well, how could such a thing be thrown away? He decided that such works should be collected and preserved. Wilson displayed "Lucy" at the home of his friend Jerry Reilly and encouraged friends to look for other "bad art" and notify him of their findings. When Wilson purchased another "masterpiece" and shared it with Reilly, they decided to start collecting. Gradually, their collection grew and became a private museum, the stated purpose of which is "to celebrate the works of artists whose work has not been appreciated in any other museum." The founders of the museum believe that the creation of ugly paintings takes no less time than the creation of good ones, so bad art has the right to be seen and appreciated. Today, the permanent collection of the Museum of Bad Art includes about 500 works. Due to the limited space of the museum, 30-40 exhibits are shown at a time in one of the two pavilions. Also, once in several years, field expositions are held.

The museum was opened in 1953, it is a private and functioning institution, whose employees are engaged in scientific work, collecting and studying parasites. When you leave the museum, you can buy a gift for friends in the souvenir shop – a T-shirt with a picture of a worm or even a keychain with a pickled ascaris (admission is free). After visiting the Parasitology Museum in Tokyo, the first thing you want to do is wash your hands thoroughly with soap! Clean drinking food, heat treatment of food, and personal careful hygiene are the best way to never get to know any creature from a formaldehyde flask.

The one-of-a-kind Vent Haven Museum was created in 1973 by Mr. William Shakespeare Berger, who collected dolls for 60 years and founded a non-profit organization dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. Berger's already huge collection, which included rare exhibits, grew even more after his death. Now the puppet museum occupies 4 buildings, a walk through them will take at least an hour. Every year, at the initiative of the Ventriloquism Museum, conventions are held for ventriloquists around the world. The museum is open from May to September by appointment only. One of the oldest objects on display is an 1820s papier-mache head with glass eyes.

The Paris Sewer Museum is undoubtedly the most original museum in Paris. This is a small fragment of a properly functioning, real sewerage system in Paris. You will be able to walk not only along the wide main tunnel, but also along very narrow ones. Naturally, the tunnels, through which tourists walk, are equipped with dry grates and ramps, timely supply of fresh air from the surface to the museum and bright lighting, so that you will not hear an unpleasant fetid smell here.

The exposition is a "total installation" designed for the imagination of museum visitors. The "Museum" has two halls, "introductory" and "dreamlike" - light and dark. In the first room there are twelve showcases dedicated to individual episodes of the life and work of the "founding father" of psychoanalysis. Between the first and second halls of the museum, there are ten of Freud's most famous dreams in the drawings of Pavel Pepperstein.

In Tula, there is one of the most visited museums called "Tula Samovars", which presents a large number of samples of various samovars dating from the 18th and 20th centuries. The museum was opened in 1990 in a two-story building that was built between 1910 and 1911 by the architect V. N. Sirotkin on Mendeleevskaya Street near the walls of the Tula Kremlin. As the basis for the exhibition, a huge collection of various samovars was taken, which was collected over many years by the work of the museum association of the Tula Literary and Historical-Architectural Museum, of which the "samovar" museum became a branch. The museum has three halls, which house exhibits that tell about some stages of history, as well as the manufacture of samovars.

A lot of unusual things can be seen in Korea, but the museum of poop (toilets) near Seoul amazes the imagination of every European. It turns out that there is nothing shameful for the residents of this state to discuss such an intimate moment of their lives. Various expositions with the participation of feces are presented to visitors for viewing.This is not surprising, because toilet themes are very welcome here. At every step in big cities and small towns there are toilets, and they are completely free. They are in perfect sanitary condition, despite the lack of payment for the visit. Koreans when traveling to Europe or America are very outraged by the fact of charging for such a natural process. Some of the exhibits are located in the open air, while the other part is located in the museum building, built in the form of a toilet bowl. The idea of its creation, born from the former mayor of Seoul, was received with a bang by local residents. It is not unnatural for Korean citizens to ask how you are doing with a chair and how long you have been defecating, and the park of toilets in South Korea is a direct proof of this.

Chamberi station was opened on October 17, 1919. It became the station node of the very first branch of the Madrid Metro and functioned until May 21, 1966.The station was closed and mothballed due to the reconstruction of this metro line, as well as due to the proximity of the Bilbao station. Therefore, train stops at the Chambery station began to bring losses, not benefits.The station was abandoned, metro trains began to pass it without stopping.The abandoned station stood in oblivion for several decades, until the museum "Platform 0" was made of it.The museum object recreated the interior views of 1919, which came from the Madrid metro a century ago.The museum platform is separated from the trains rolling past by a glass fence-wall.