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Toilet History Museum

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The Museum of the Toilette History is a private museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, established on September 5th in 2007. According to the Guardian, this museum hosts the world’s largest collection of chamber pots, squatting pans, and urinals.[1] Its collection of toilet related items was listed in the Guinness Book of records.[2]

The main theme of the exposition is toilets, but in the widest sense of the term: the toilet as a water-closet, dressing room, and clothes. Exhibits are arranged sequentially in 7 sections of Primitive Society, Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, XVII-XX century, Modernity, and Art Water Closets. A movie theatre shows videos about toilets in alternating languages.

The museum was opened to house the artifacts from the Victorian era, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Russian Empire as well as models of ancient, medieval,and renaissance toilets.[3] It is one of the strangest museums in Kiev according to the online city guide Gloss.ua.[4]

Building[edit]

The museum is located in tower # 5, part of the complex of defense fortifications called the Kyiv Fortress.

The Kiev Fortress also includes the most known sight of Kiev: Kiev Pechersk Lavra, National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, Arsenal Factory and many other historical objects.[5]

The construction of the tower began in 1833 and lasted for 13 years. While Kyiv was part of the Russian Empire it was used to store food and ammunition. In Soviet times, by order of the Ministry of Defense, a military compound was equipped in this building. After Ukraine became an independent country, the tower was put at the disposal of the unit of property management of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Here new samples of military forms for Ukrainian soldiers were fashioned. In 1999 the building was renewed as a business center for rental offices.[6]

Collection of toilet souvenirs[edit]

Museum of the toilet’s history maintains largest collection of toilet related items. It consists of more than 5 800 exhibits. In addition to traditional statuettes of toilets there are various ashtrays, lighters, key rings, tobacco pipe in form of the toilet as well as various signboard WC and humorous signboard that show how to use the water-closet properly. This collection is the largest collection of toilet related items in the world. It set the record of Ukraine in 2010 and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records in 2015.[7]

Collection[edit]

Museum encompasses more than 5,000 years of development of plumbing and sanitation standards. Exhibition ranging from models of Indus toilets, used 3 000 years BC to modern Japanese washlets. The collection presents variety of toilet bowls from porcelain, stone, metal, wood and others.[8]

Toilets in primitive society[edit]

The museum maintains models of the most ancient toilets in the world, for example, a stone toilet built in Scotland, flush toilets from a Mohedjo-Daro house, an Egyptian toilet from the tomb of the architect Ha, Chinese national urinals in the shape of tigers, and the first sewerage system. Its stands demonstrate the emergence of main essentials such as a toothbrush, toilet paper, and soap.

Toilets in Antiquity[edit]

The collection brings together a wide array of objects and pictures that illustrate development of plumbing, water supply, municipal communications in Antiquity. In particular models of public toilet, called foric and central sewerage channel of ancient Rome called Cloaca Maxima are represented in museum.

Toilet in Middle Ages[edit]

Museum contains models and stands portraying the construction and location of tree types of toilets in castle. There are also exhibits that expand on the history of medieval city, providing background information about culture of everyday life. This gallery has dummies of man-toilet, plague doctor and rat-catcher and attempts to mimic the narrow and dirty medieval street.

Renaissance[edit]

The most valuable exhibit of this department is a toilet built on the sketches of Leonardo da Vinci. The other interesting exhibits are throne-toilet, which according to the legend Francis I brought into fashion, and chest-toilet, which was made for captain of the ship.

17th-20th century[edit]

Collection consists of bidet, dressing table, fleacatchers, toiletry as well as pots, chair-toilets and earth toilet which had been in common use before flash toilet was created.

The museum presents names of people who constructed and perfected a modern toilet starting with John Harrington, who created first flush toilet for his godmother queen Elisabeth I to Tomas Crapper, creator of float valve and system “yank down on the rope”. Also department provides information about toilets in transport and prisons.[9]

The most valuable inhibits of this department are field toilet of the First World War, English Victorian night vase of the second half of 19th century, a German portable bidet of the first half of 19th century, vintage toiletry of French manufacturer “Saint Amand et Hamade Nord” created in the period from 1986 to the First World War and children potty with bell of legendary welsh ceramic manufacturer “Portmeirion Pottery”.

Modernity[edit]

This department presents Japanese bidet toilet called washlets produced by Toto Ltd. The feature set commonly found on washlets are bidet washing, seat warming, dryer and deodorization. There are also modern toilets for babies.

Art WC[edit]

The most notable exhibit is a model of “Fountain”, the porcelain urinal, created by Marcel Duchamp but signed "R.Mutt" and exhibited in the gallery as piece of art.[10] This department maintains other works of avant-garde art, for example urinal with guillotine and painted water-closes.

References[edit]

  1. "A long history of toilets in Ukraine museum", The Guardian, London, 21 September 2015. Retrieved on 21 September 2015.
  2. Ukrainian: NAME HERE"Київський музей історії туалету потрапив до Книги рекордів Гіннеса", ZIK, Lviv, 31 August 2016. Retrieved on 31 August 2016.
  3. "Tamada Travels: Ukraine’s Toilet History Museum", Eurasianet, New York, 3 July 2015. Retrieved on 3 July 2015.
  4. Russian: NAME HERE"Обзор 4 необычных киевских музеев", Gloss, Kiev, 22 November 2011. Retrieved on 22 November 2011.
  5. Ukrainian: NAME HERE"Київська фортифікація. Нова Печерська фортеця", Україна Інкогніта, Kiev, 2016. Retrieved on 2016.
  6. Ukrainian: NAME HERE"Музей історії туалету у Києві", Kievtown, Kiev, 2016. Retrieved on 2016.
  7. "Museum of the toilet received a certificate of Guinness World Records", Igotoua, Kiev, 23 September 2016. Retrieved on 23 September 2016.
  8. Russian: NAME HERE"Музей истории туалета", Mesta.Kiev, Kiev, 15 July 2010. Retrieved on 15 July 2010.
  9. "Only one museum of the history of the toilet in the Europe", CultKiev, Kiev, 2015. Retrieved on 2015.
  10. Ukrainian: NAME HERE"Музей історії туалету відкриває провокаційну виставку «Мистецтво. Зливаючи воду»", Вечірній Київ, Kiev, 17 November 2017. Retrieved on 17 November 2017.


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