The National Poo Museum, a tiny poo museum in a former public toilet on the Isle of Wight, is closing for a year to go on a UK tour.
Based at the disused Sandown Barrack Battery fort, the museum displays faeces from across the world in clear spheres and exists to “safely explore the amazing world of poo”, the website says.
Through its poo collection and interactive displays, the museum uses family-friendly humour to “break through the poo taboo” and explore “the world’s stickiest subject”, it adds.
Now, the National Poo Museum is creating a UK-wide touring exhibit, which begins in local libraries on the Isle of Wight before travelling around the UK.
The exhibit will include an illuminated aquarium featuring “free roaming preserved poos”, the website says.
As the museum is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, curator Daniel Roberts told the BBC that “it was time to hit the road”.
The museum is also currently conducting a nationwide stool survey to investigate the state of the country’s poo.
Director Nigel George told the Isle of Wight Observer: “Since we moved to the Battery, we can’t keep up with demand. It’s a small museum and, most days during the school holidays, there are large queues going right down the road.”
Museum a ‘victim of its own success’
He added: “Basically, we have been a victim of our own success. We now want to get the museum on the road and we have been in discussions with three interested organisations, one on the island and two on the mainland.
“We think it’s important the exhibition goes out into the world to reach as many people as possible with our message.”
In more poo news, an immersive museum dedicated to cute poo in Tokyo recently held a poo-themed summer festival with an exploding poo volcano.
Images courtesy of the National Poo Museum
