Torture museum

Summary

A torture museum is a museum that exhibits instruments of torture and provides an insight on the history of torture and its use in human society. Several museums dedicated to the history of torture are located worldwide, but a higher amount are concentrated in Europe.[1]

Torture museums edit

Europe edit

Examples of the torture museums in Europe include:

The Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments was opened in 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It uses human size wax figures to increase the interactive learning of what the Dark Ages considered to be torture.[2]

Asia edit

Examples of the torture museums in Asia include:

North America edit

The largest interactive torture museum in the United States:

Central America edit

  • Museo de la Tortura in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Museo de la Tortura Veracruz, Mexico

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Taylor, Tanya (2023-03-29). "Journey Through Time: The Medieval Torture Museum in Chicago". travelsandtreasures.com. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  2. ^ "Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments Amsterdam". Torture Museum Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

External links edit

  • Torture Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Torture Museum Oude Steen in Bruges, Belgium
  • Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum (Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale) in San Gimignano, Italy
  • Museo Criminale Mediovale
  • Medieval Crime Museum in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany