Almost every country, in addition to traditional art galleries and architectural monuments, has unusual exhibitions that can amaze even the most seasoned tourists.

Exhibits range from lunch boxes, instant noodles, torture devices to human internal organs. But among all this extravagant variety you can find truly original and striking exhibits. I suggest that we visit together 8 of the most unusual and incredible exhibitions around the world.

1. The World of Tim Burton.
   One of the most amazing exhibitions of our time is hard to catch in one place. Every six months it moves from country to country to expose people to the magical world of the talented filmmaker Tim Burton.

He is best known as the creator of Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks, Alice in Wonderland, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory… Burton is not only an extraordinary director and animator, but also a talented surrealist artist. The entire exhibition is presented in a gothic style, as are his films.

The exhibits are Burton’s drawings created during the 40 years of his career. The organizers of the exhibition collected them from various notepads, papers and even restaurant napkins. At the exhibition you can even see children’s drawings of the future director. Also, visitors can see costumes and props from movies, sculptures and more. The costume of Batman, Barnabas Collins, Edward, Pierce Brosnan and Sarah Jessica-Parker’s head, puppets from the “Corpse Bride” cartoon and much more can be seen at the exhibition. And on the opening day you can get to the autograph session of the director himself, buy an art book and be photographed with your idol.

2. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
   This is no longer an exhibition, but a theme park dedicated to Harry Potter. It is located in the American town of Orlando, in a park from Universal Studios. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter repeats in every detail the scenery and props from the movies about the boy wizard.

Here you can see the real Hogwarts Express pull up to Hogsmith Station, taste plum beer, and, with the help of Ollivander, buy a wand. Tourists can also wander around Hogwarts Castle, visit Hagrid’s hut, ride amazing rides with dragons and hippogriffs, taste Bertie’s beans and chocolate frogs at Sweet Kingdom, buy an All for Quidditch set, ear extensions, or a screaming Yo-Yo toy. And by stopping by Filch’s Confiscated Stuff Pantry, you can buy all sorts of nice magical junk. Tourists can also get a hearty meal at Three Brooms and Boar’s Head.

3. Exhibition of costumes of famous movie characters

For five years, organizers of the exhibition carefully collected 130 pieces of art from around the world, most of which will be presented to the public for the first time on this side of the screen. The exhibition is on show at the Victoria and Albert Museums in London. Here movie buffs can see costumes of Hollywood’s most famous characters, from Harry Potter’s mantle to Charlie Chaplin’s bowler hat. The exhibition doesn’t just consist of looking at the pieces. Its first act is a visual story of how designers and artists develop clothing for movie characters.

Viewers are presented with unique sketches and costumes themselves, as well as excerpts from films. In the second act, the visitor is introduced to the process of character creation through a dialogue between the director and the actors. Finally, the last act opens the visitor to an incredible collection of Hollywood costumes. Audrey Hepburn’s little black dress, Darth Vader’s helmet, Scarlett O’Hara’s dresses, Marilyn Monroe’s legendary white dress, the clothing of “Titanic” characters, Batman’s costume, Indiana Jones, Edward Scissorhands and more.

4. Elvis Presley exhibit.
   An incredible and truly large-scale exhibition of the “king of rock and roll” opened in December 2014 in London. For it, the organizers gathered 300 exhibits, among which, of course, the legendary pink Cadillac Fleetwood of 1955, the red MG Roadster from the painting “Blue Hawaii”, a ring with diamonds in the form of the acronym TCB (Taking Care of Business), Presley’s first autograph, stage costumes and guitars. Organizers also got a key to Presley’s Graceland home especially for the exhibit, and even a purse with a picture of his young daughter Lisa Maria.

The purpose of the exhibition is to show the whole life of Elvis Presley: the beginning of his career, the ups and downs, the army period, the influence of his work on the world of music and movies. In all, more than a billion of his records have been sold in the world. Even today, many years after the star’s death, his old and never-before-released albums are being released. For Presley fans, the exhibition has become the epitome of the phrase “Elvis is alive!”

5. Museum of Lies
   In Germany, for many years now, tourists are surprised by an unusual exhibition dedicated to… lies. In this museum, in contrast to the collections, which are famous for genuine exhibits, only fakes are presented. And these are fakes of things that don’t exist!

Here you can marvel at Adolf Gutler’s mustache, Van Gogh’s ear, the screams of the passengers of the Titanic, a magic carpet and even a homemade airplane made of paper, which German Chancellor Brandt played with in his youth. All of these things are pure fantasy on the subject of “what it would look like if it really existed”. The exhibits are very carefully created, based on real facts or tales. And the cheerful owners of the museum claim to be descendants of Baron Munchausen himself.

6. Salvador Dali Museum
   The Salvador Dali Museum is already a work of art in itself. As the artist himself wanted, the museum was made in the form of a surreal labyrinth, which leaves behind a sense of unreal dreams. It is located in Spain, the birthplace of Dali. It displays not only paintings by the great artist, but also everything that gave birth to his unusual subconscious. Sculptures, sketches, collages, unusual devices and stained glass windows.

Entering the labyrinth museum, with its egg-shaped dome, one gets the impression of a complete immersion into the mind and world of Salvador Dali. Various halls showcase the artist’s famous paintings, where the main exhibit is a portrait of his wife Galla, “Leda and the Swan”. But the most interesting element of the exhibition was the “rainy cab”. It’s a car that belonged to Dali himself, with mannequins sitting in it. If a visitor tosses a coin, a real downpour will come inside the salon.

7. Artifacts from the 9/11 tragedy.
   This is perhaps one of the scariest and saddest exhibits. There are no torture instruments, mummies, or ghosts on display. Here in Washington, D.C., it merely displays items that survived the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. The remains of the plane, cell phones, police car doors, things that were in the pockets of the dead.

Even the wallet of a woman named Ruth McCourt, who had taken a trip to the Mall with her young daughter after visiting Disneyland. Their photo, found in the wallet, was made a separate exhibit.

8. Museum of the Soviet Union.
   For those residents of the former Soviet Union who are nostalgic for the old times, or for foreign tourists who only judge the USSR by the movies, a museum was opened in Moscow. It presents not only the wonders of Soviet technology, the Chaika car, the food of that time, but also old toys, tableware (still kept by most of us), cosmetics, clothes – everything that once surrounded a Soviet man. All the exhibition halls are decorated exclusively in red, reminiscent of the party past. But one of the rooms recreates a typical Soviet interior, with a desk covered with a tablecloth, a truce and a bed with a net. The museum is quite small in size, but there are a lot of exhibits. And visitors are even allowed to sit on the car and motorcycle.