Torture museum
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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. There are several museums dedicated to the history of torture located in Europe such as the Torture Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Mediaeval Torture Museum (Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum) in Rüdesheim am Rhein, the Medieval Crime Museum (das Kriminalmuseum) in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, and the Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum (Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale) in San Gimignano, Italy, Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments, in Prague 1, Krizovnické nàm 194/1 (near Charles Bridge)
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See also
- Medieval instruments of torture
- Mediaeval Torture Museum (Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum) in Rüdesheim am Rhein
- Sex museum
- Torture chamber
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