Torture museum

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:

In Spain:
- Museo de la Tortura in Toledo, Spain
- Galeria de la Inquisicion in Cordoba, Spain
- Torture Museum in Santillana del Mar, Spain
- Medieval Torture Museum in El Castell de Guadalest, Spain
In Germany
- Mediaeval Torture Museum (Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum) in Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
- Medieval Crime Museum (das Kriminalmuseum) in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
In Italy
- Museo della Tortura di Siena in Siena, Italy
- Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum (Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale) in San Gimignano, Italy
In Netherlands
- Torture Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Torture Museum (Foltermuseum auf Burg Sommereck) in Spittal an der Drau, Austria
Torture Museum Oude Steen in Bruges, Belgium
Tortureum Museum of Torture in Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments in Prague, Czech Republic
Block 10 and 11 of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Poland
Torture Exhibition near Castelul Corvinilor in Hunedoara, Romania
Torture Museum in San Marino

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:

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Unit 731 Museum in Harbin, China

North America

The largest torture museums in the United States:

The Medieval Torture Museum in the cities of St. Augustine, Florida and Chicago, Illinois
Medieval Torture Museum in Hollywood, California
Museum Of Man's Instruments Of in Torture San Diego, California
Museum Of Historic Torture Devices in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Central America

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

References

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

External links

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

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[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.

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