"The history of torture that this museum explores is more excruciating than any history exam you've ever taken. Amsterdam's Torture Museum is definitely more of a trick than a treat, guiding you through the dark Middle Ages and a particularly painful past. The place delves into the grim world of torture devices and techniques once used to punish or extract confessions, sometimes for actual crimes, sometimes for mere suspicion of witchcraft."
"You'll come across instruments like the 'Inquisition Chair,' the 'Guillotine,' the 'Flute of Shame,' and the 'Skullcracker,' to name a few. Some of these devices are genuine antiques, others are modern reconstructions, and a few, like the Iron Maiden or the Scold's Bridle, are largely literary inventions, never actually used in real history. It's a chilling yet strangely captivating journey into humanity's capacity for cruelty."
Five museums around the world present macabre collections that include underground ossuaries stacked with human bones, 18th-century prison cells, medieval torture devices, and historical autopsy material. Amsterdam's Torture Museum on Singel 449 guides visitors through medieval methods of punishment and interrogation and displays instruments such as the Inquisition Chair, Guillotine, Flute of Shame, and Skullcracker. Some exhibits are genuine antiques, others modern reconstructions, and a few items like the Iron Maiden and Scold's Bridle originated in literature rather than historical practice. The displays avoid explicit gore yet convey the fear and cruelty associated with past punitive systems.
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