Torture museum

A torture museum is a museum that exhibits instruments of torture and provides tutorials on the history of torture and its use in human society. Several museums dedicated to the history of torture are located in Europe.

Torture museums

Examples of the torture museums in Europe include: the Torture Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Torture Museum Oude Steen in Bruges, Belgium; the Mediaeval Torture Museum (Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum) in Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany; the Medieval Crime Museum (das Kriminalmuseum) in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany; the Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum (Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale) in San Gimignano'', Italy; and the Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2012, a second museum opened in the city center of Amsterdam, Netherlands called the "Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments". The Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments uses human size wax figures to increase the interactive learning of what the Dark Ages considered to be torture.

See also

• Medieval instruments of torture
• Torture chamber

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