The Museum of
Bad Art in Boston, US, is the world's 'only museum dedicated to the
collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in
all its forms', according to its website. The collection is made up
of art found in charity shops, recovered from rubbish bins or even
donated by artists themselves. This piece, called 'Mana Lisa', by
A. Schmidt, was donated by the artist.
The British
Lawnmower Museum in Southport, Merseyside, has more than 300
marvellous models - including one that belonged to Prince Charles
and Diana! The collection features Edwardian and Victorian
artefacts that herald way back to 1830, when the first lawnmower
was developed by Englishman Edwin Beard Budding
The Dog
Collar Museum in Leeds Castle, Kent, is a fascinating collection of
canine neckwear that spans six centuires. There are collars from
the 15th century which were worn to help protect pooches from the
wolves and bears that roamed Europe at the time. There are also
avant-garde leather collars from the 18th century. Sadly, no dogs
are allowed in the museum
The 'Red
Light Secrets' museum in Amsterdam hopes to educate the thousands
of tourists who visit the Dutch capital. The museum, housed in an
old brothel, allows visitors to learn more about prostitution
without having to visit a prostitute. It focuses on the industry
after 2000, when it was legalised in the Netherlands.
The
Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum in Tokyo is dedicated entirely to
ramen, the Japanese noodle. It has an area that recreates Tokyo in
1958, the year in which instant noodles were created. There are
plenty of ramen stands selling the tasty treat for peckish tourists
to feast on
The Teapot
Island in Maidstone, Kent, was created because the owner, Sue
Blazye, found her ever-growing teapot collection outgrew her own
home. The collection of nearly 7,000 teapots was of world record
proportions in 2004, but it eventually lost its title in 2011 to
man in China who apparently has 30,000 vessels. But, unlike Sue,
the man from China doesn't provide cream teas if you
visit
This is the
world's longest coloured pencil - a whopping 7m-long. It is housed
at the Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, where the
world's first pencil factory was opened in 1832. The museum allows
tourists to delve into the history of pencils and offers
colouring-in workshops for children.
