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

Europe

Examples of the torture museums in Europe include: * Torture Exhibition near

Castelul Corvinilor Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle (Romanian: ''Castelul Huniazilor'' or ''Castelul Corvinilor;'' Hungarian: ''Vajdahunyadi vár''), is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, Romania. It is one of the largest ca ...

in Hunedoara, Romania * Museo della Tortura di Siena in Siena, Italy * the

Torture Museum, Amsterdam The Torture Museum, Amsterdam is a museum in Amsterdam, located near the Bloemenmarkt overlooking the Singel. It exhibits historical instruments of torture. The museum has been noted as "one of the world's most unusual museums." The museum is very ...

, Netherlands; *

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 Europe Exam ...

in San Marino; * Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments, Amsterdam, Netherlands; * the

Torture Museum Oude Steen Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. Some definitions are restricted to acts car ...

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 Rothenburg ob der Tauber () is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the w ...

, Germany; * the Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum (''Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale'') in

San Gimignano San Gimignano () is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of ...

, Italy; * the Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments in Prague, Czech Republic; * the Torture Museum in Santillana del Mar, Spain; * the Torture Museum (''Foltermuseum auf Burg Sommereck'') in Spittal an der Drau, Austria; *Medieval Torture Museum in El Castell de Guadalest, Spain * and the Tortureum - Museum of Torture in Zagreb, Croatia 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.

Asia

Examples of the torture museums in Asia include: * Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

, Cambodia.

North America

The largest interactive torture museum in the United States: * The

Medieval Torture Museum The Medieval Torture Museum is the largest Interactivity, interactive torture museum in the United States, displaying a private collection of torture, execution and restraint devices. The museum is a product of BenAur company and is located in the ...

in the cities of Saint Augustine (FL) and Chicago (IL).

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