'I visited the museum of oddities and it's perfect for anyone who wants to see Amy Winehouse's poo'

Publish date: 2024-06-02

London is the home of the weirdest, wackiest treasures and hidden gems in the whole world.

The city seems to have a knack for knowing exactly what it is you need to experience next.

And this museum is probably the weirdest experience of them all, so when I came across it I obviously had no other choice but to pay them a visit.

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art, and UnNatural History is owned by Viktor Wynd himself.

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He is an artist, performer, collector, and all-round aficionado of the bizarre.

The museum is described as his 'Wunderkabinett', and houses his entire collection of the world's most bizarre items, from monsters in jars to mouse skeletons to a golden hippopotamus skull that used to belong to Pablo Escobar.

It is completely disorganised, and the website states that "the Museum has no overreaching aim beyond the theft of its visitors time".

As I walked in, I was more than a little excited.

The upstairs area of the museum is actually the Last Tuesday Society's bar, which specialises in absinthe and was named London's best bar in 2019 by DesignMyNight.

There are already curiosities on display here, with a dozen stuffed animals hanging from the ceiling, including a two-headed bat and a unicorn zebra.

As I headed downstairs, the staff warned me of the sheer amount of things I was about to see.

They let me know that to call Viktor Wynd eccentric would be a vast understatement, letting me know that I just missed him as he had just been in the museum to drop off some bananas.

When I asked why, they told me he had declared it was Banana Thursday and visitors to the museum would get a banana, and there was no further explanation.

The moment I stepped down the stairs - so steep you should probably not head down after visiting the bar - I was entranced.

The sheer volume of knickknacks can only be compared to the Room of Hidden Things in the Harry Potter series, and even that is not entirely accurate.

I walked through the maze-like aisles at least three times and still felt like I'd only seen about a fifth of the items.

They were not only contained to glass cabinets, but also attached to the walls, and even the ceilings were adorned with bones and stuffed animals.

Viktor Wynd seems to have a fascination with the macabre, so if you're not a fan of seeing skeletons or photos of dead people, this museum might not be the one for you.

The museum is also home to The Gnostic Temple of Agape, an alchemy temple still in use by initiates today.

Visitors can also hire a large table at the back of the museum for private parties alongside a very large stuffed lioness named Leonora.

As I'm writing this, it feels like I've hallucinated my entire visit.

Were it not for my photographic proof, I would be quite sure I had just woken up from a very intense fever dream.

I intend to return to make sure the museum is in fact real, because according to one of many five-star reviews, I missed Amy Winehouse's poo.

More information about the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art, and UnNatural History and about the Last Tuesday Society can be found on their website.

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