Do you find museums a place fit for dead people and their leftover histories? Do you find yourself falling off to sleep the moment you step inside a museum? Well, we bet you have not seen these six absolutely whacky museums that will blow your senses away and keep you intrigued for hours. Check them out:



Mayong Central Museum and Emporium, Mayong, Assam:

Mayong Black Magic and Witchcraft Museum. Picture courtesy: onkardeshpande.blogspot.com Mayong Black Magic and Witchcraft Museum. Picture courtesy: onkardeshpande.blogspot.com

Assam and its legacy of black magic are quite well known. Somewhere in the dense, hilly forests of this mystical state lies Mayong village. The hamlet is pretty famous for black magic and witchcraft and has served as a tourist attraction for centuries. Mayong is also known as the Indian capital of black magic. In 2002, the Government of India opened the Mayong Central Museum and Emporium which contains various books, mythological epics and some of the ancient manuscript of black magic and Ayurveda. If you are intrigued by witchcraft and black magic this is a museum you should not miss.

Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, Delhi:

Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. Picture courtesy: Facebook/SIJO K JOSE Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. Picture courtesy: Facebook/SIJO K JOSE

This one is still widely known because of the media coverage it has received. The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in Delhi traces the history of toilets through centuries, and is considered one of the world's weirdest museums. Established in 1992 by Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, a social activist and founder of Sulabh Sanitation, the museum's major attraction is the replica of the throne of King Louis the XIV. It is believed that the king used this to defecate while conducting court sessions. We highly advise our readers to not to practice their skills on any of the precious defecation masterpieces kept in the museum though.

Antarang Museum of Sexual Health Information, Mumbai:

Antarang Museum of Sexual Health Information Museum. Picture courtesy: Reuters Antarang Museum of Sexual Health Information Museum. Picture courtesy: Reuters

It is absolutely necessary for children and young adults to be aware of their body, their sexuality and the risk of infection associated with casual sex. This museum in Mumbai serves exactly that purpose. The Antarang Museum of Sexual Health Information is dedicated to educating the young and old about the human body, sexuality and HIV-AIDS. It is the only sexual health museum in the entire South Asia. The museum was originally founded in Mumbai in 2002 as a result of the joint efforts of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), Mumbai District AIDS Control Society (MDACS) and Dr Prakash Sarang, following an increase in the number of AIDS cases. The museum has a huge collection of safe sex props and several full-blown images of sexually-transmitted diseases.

Human Brain Museum, Bengaluru:

Human Brain Museum, Bengaluru. Picture courtesy: Facebook/Human-Brain-Museum-Nimhans Human Brain Museum, Bengaluru. Picture courtesy: Facebook/Human-Brain-Museum-Nimhans

A museum dedicated solely to the wonder that is the human brain--that is exactly what this museum is about. Located within the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), the museum displays over 600 samples of the human brain after 30 years of research. This museum was started by Dr S.K. Shankar, Professor and Head of Department of Neuropathology. The motive behind setting up this museum was to help visitors understand how the brain works and to get an insight into the kind of diseases that can affect it.

Baywatch Wax Museum, Kanyakumari:

Baywatch wax museum, Kanyakumari. Picture courtesy: Facebook/Rose Black Baywatch wax museum, Kanyakumari. Picture courtesy: Facebook/Rose Black

If you can't visit the Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London, you can visit the Indian wax museum located in Kanyakumari. The Baywatch wax museum has wax figures of famous personalities such as Dr Manmohan Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Michael Jackson and Jackie Chan, among others. You can even meet South Indian star Rajnikanth and pose with his wax statue.

Shivalik Fossil Park Museum, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh:

Shivalik Fossil Park Museum, Sirmaur. Picture courtesy: anushankarn.blogspot.com Shivalik Fossil Park Museum, Sirmaur. Picture courtesy: anushankarn.blogspot.com

The Shivalik Fossil Park, also known as the Suketi Fossil Park, has a huge collection of prehistoric vertebrate fossils and skeletons recovered from the geological formations of sandstone and clay from the upper and middle Shivaliks. The park has an open-air exhibition of six extinct mammals formed in life-size models made of fibreglass and resin.