OTHER WACKY SHOWS

Museum of Bad Art

MASSACHUSETTS, US Privately owned with 700 pieces of “art too bad to be ignored”. Highlights include the ‘Mana Lisa’ (above).

Plastinarium

GUBEN, GERMANY Dedicated to the ‘plastination’ techniques of German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who uses polymers to preserve anything from a single organ to a whole human body.

Museum of Happiness

LONDON, UK An “experiential adventure” offering interactive exhibitions, workshops and events on a theme of happiness and wellbeing. Don’t forget your smiley face.

Vampire Museum

PARIS, FRANCE The world’s only vampire museum, nestled in a suitably gloomy Parisian alleyway and run by self-proclaimed “vampirologist” Jacques Sirgent (by day an English teacher). As it is a private museum, you have to make an appointment (if you are brave enough to visit this cabinet of curiosities). Email: museedesvampires@ sfr.fr.