Linked to the famed Madame Tussaud's in London, the Museo delle Cere recreates historical scenes such as Leonardo da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa surrounded by the Medici family and Machiavelli. Another scene shows Mussolini's last Cabinet meeting. There is of course a chamber of horrors with a garrotte, a gas chamber and an electric chair. The museum was built to replicate similar buildings in London and Paris. It is a must visit if one is ever in the city in order to take home some unforgettable memories.
The little Museo delle Anime dei Defunti, housed in a room adjacent to the sacristy of the Church of the Sacro Cuore del Suffragio, is a little macaber, but after the initial surprise, you find that it has a mystical atmosphere. The items on show represent handprints left on prayer books by individuals now deceased. An amazing item is the incandescent print of a German nun, which was left on the tunic of one of her colleagues in 1696. The collection was begun in the 20th Century and aims to show the skeptics that there is life after death. To witness some of the strangest experiences, this museum is a must–visit!
One of the most offbeat museums, the National Historic Museum of Sanitary Art, inaugurated in 1933, is hosted adjoining the Santo Spirito in Sassia and is surely a must-visit spot! The museum helps us understand how students are taught the art of healing and sanitation. The museum also exhibits some bottled lifeforms redolent of a scientists' lab. The Siamese twins are a major draw. Pope Innocent III founded the hospital in 1198 with a view, among other things, to teach medicine and equipped it thus. The museum consists of rooms largely categorized per the major components of the collections housed within: the Alexandrine Hall; the Flaiani Hall; the Capparoni Hall, portable apothecharies and the Carbonelli Hall.