ABOUT US
Our Main Product is Emotion
We are the largest interactive historical museum in the U.S., occupying more than 6,000 square feet, with over 100 unique implements and devices on display. Enter the minds of fanatics, madmen, and murderers, and discover the world’s most detailed collection of confinement and torture devices. We believe that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, and have amassed an unprecedented collection of cruelty, based on historical documents and engravings, offering a chilling look into the darkest parts of human history.
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WHY CHOOSE US?
The first exclusive medieval torture museum in the USA
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it
Hundreds of exhibits, dozens of executions, and you with only one life
The dark side of progress on display
Which are you? The tormentor or the tormented? Stand on both sides and find out
We've collected the terrible evidence of the cruelest inhumanity
Gallery
Extras
Ghost Hunting
Experience
Your ticket purchase also includes our "Ghost-Hunting Experience"—perfect for birthdays, corporate events, or just a fun get-together with friends and family! Download the ghost-hunting app to find and catch ghosts all over the Museum, and learn the chilling stories of how they died. (Keep an eye out for the most terrifying apparition of them all: the ghost of Thomas the Executioner!)
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Audio Guide
Our audio guide (available in English and Spanish), recorded and performed by a professional actor, includes fifty-six stories about the torture implements and devices on display throughout the Musuem. You’ll learn the gory details of their history and function, as well as hearing personal accounts of actual people—both criminal and innocent—who were subjected to them.
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Torture Museum ticket
The largest interactive Medieval Torture Museum in the U.S. is now in Los Angeles, CA.
(Not recommended under 18) – without an adult.
Kids up to 10 admitted for free.
- Limited time only: Museum Ticket 25% off!
- Tickets are valid for 12 months anytime during business hours
- No reservations needed
Reviews
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Chicago
jcoydenreports.com
History of Human Torture on Display at City’s Newest Museum
The interactive museum allows customers the experience to see first-hand what it was like to be raked over the back with steel claws, while confined to a wooden torture table.
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coolthingschicago.com
Experience Medieval Torture in the New Dedicated Interactive Museum in the Loop
The Medieval Torture Museum gives people the opportunity to see some of these torture devices up-close, in a more direct way, although you don’t have to worry, it might be an interactive experience, but no one will be hurt…
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dailyadvent.com
Medieval Torture Museum Opening in Chicago
YouTube If you’re a fan of the dark and creepy, this museum may be the perfect stop on your next visit to Chicago. There’s seriously so much to do in Chicago, you could spend the entire day exploring the city and not run out of things to see or do, but if…
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loopchicago.com
MEDIEVAL TORTURE MUSEUM
The ”Medieval Torture Collection” reminds us just how much suffering humanity can inflict in the name of cause and justice when the right tools are placed in the hands of fanatics, madmen and tyrants.
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timeout.com
A museum dedicated to medieval torture methods opens in the Loop
Looking for a light afternoon diversion? Consider paying a visit to the Medieval Torture Museum, an interactive, eight-room tour of history’s most gruesome torture methods that debuted last month on a bustling strip of State Street.
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news4jax.com
Exploring St Augustine Medieval Torture Museum | River City Live
What I personally found interesting is that there were different “punishments” designed to suit certain crimes. Public drunkenness could land you in a barrel of water, for weeks, in the center of town. Gossip or slander? Well, that’s not for the weak of heart.
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narcity.com
Things To Do This Torture Device Museum In Florida Will Make You Feel Like You’re In One Of ‘Jigsaw’s’ Games
The Medieval Torture Museum features one of the most miserable moments of human history through sculptures and paintings that will give you the chills.
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orlandosentinel.com
Meet the history of pain in St. Augustine
Over the course of 4,000 square feet, patrons will see hundreds of displays recreated from historic documents as to the practices and systems for death and dismemberment in the age of superstition and plague.
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wikipedia.org
Medieval Torture Museum
Medieval Torture Museum is a modern interactive museum in which interaction with exhibits continues the main exposition. Visitors can play the role of executioners and their victims. They are able to sit in the spiked chair of inquiries, pose in a “barrel for drunkards”…
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roadsideamerica.com
Medieval Torture Museum
The museum with hundreds of horrific devices, reconstructed for him by movie prop-builders using pieces of real medieval torture equipment that he purchased from a variety of “very, very weird people.” To increase the shock value of the racks, saws, and bone crushers, Eugene wanted to display them with torture victim wax dummies, but found that such things didn’t exist.
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clubcontinental.com
Escape from the St Augustine Medieval Torture Museum
Come explore the dark side of one of the darker periods of human history with a visit to the Medieval Torture Museum in St. Augustine, FL … if you dare.
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Contact us
Phone: (213) 414-7777General inquiries: mtm.la@benaur.com
Cooperation: partners@benaur.com
Open Hours
Sunday-Thursday: 10am-10pm
Friday-Saturday: 10am-12am
(Last check-in time is 30 minutes before closing)
