Torture museum explained

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

Europe

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

Examples of the torture museums in Asia include:

North America

The largest interactive torture museum in the United States:

Central America

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taylor . Tanya . 2023-03-29 . Journey Through Time: The Medieval Torture Museum in Chicago . 2024-02-17 . travelsandtreasures.com . en.
  2. Web site: Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments Amsterdam. Torture Museum Amsterdam. 9 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133744/http://www.torturemuseumamsterdam.com/. 14 July 2014.