Top 12 bizarre museums around the world

By Bi Nan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-05-18 07:05
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Fetuses in formalin are on display at the Museum of Human Anatomy at the Second University of Naples in Italy. [Photo/IC]

The Museum of Human Anatomy

The Museum of Human Anatomy at the Second University of Naples in Italy, founded sometime between the late 18th and early 19th century, has been open to the public since March 2016. The museum, established mainly for educational purposes, has two sections – one on normal anatomy and the other on pathological anatomy.

The section dedicated to pathological anatomy, a branch of science that studies anatomical deformities due to changes caused by diseases can give viewers the shivers. Here you can see preserved fetuses, Cyclopean heads and numerous finds of monstrosities in formalin or alcohol.

It is one of the most important anatomy museums in the world and even contains a humerus prepared by the great Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius in the 16th century.

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