Museum of Curiosity – A Weird and Wonderful Collection of Oddities
Museum of Curiosity is definitely the weirdest museum in London and it’s not for everyone. Some return every week while others find it disgusting and never go back.
This museum is anything but standard and ordinary. Viktor Wynd, the owner of the collection, has spent a lifetime travelling the globe from Papua New Guinea to Congo to collect his weird and wonderful collection of oddities.
Another World
A spiral staircase leads the visitors into the basement of the former call centre, Museum of Curiosity has been furnished in. Down there you will find yourself in a weird eccentric world, full of odd creatures, occult cabinets, bottled and conserved animals, spell books, dead mermaids and more.
The museum’s purpose is not to attempt to educate and explain the world by a neat and labelled exhibition. Instead, Museum of Curiosity wants to shock and amaze its visitors and show the odd side of the world through a random collection of rare and priceless marvels.
So What to Expect
Relics of extinct birds, Elvis Presley’s hair, leg bone of an Irish giant, a correct mini representation of Lord Nelson’s coffin, a human scalp from the 18th century, hair of a Titanic survivor, pinned butterflies from the most hidden corners of the globe and much more.
The Bar
Museum of Curiosity opened in 2016. Being voted the ‘Best Bar in all of London’ in 2019, Absinthe Parlour & Cocktail Bar have the UK’s most extensive list of premium quality, traditional absinthes that they pair with their wide range of curious cocktails. This is the only cocktail bar hosting absinthe hour in London.
And how are the cocktails? Weird and untraditional as expected from London’s weirdest museum’s bar. Forget traditions and protocol. The cocktails here are a blend of alchemy, magic and fantasy that takes you beyond the known world to the mystery of undiscovered.
The bar gives home to skeletons, unicorn skulls, animal heads and a stuffed half lioness to share your experience with if you happen to visit the bar alone.
Perfect spot for Halloween.
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