Center for Unusual Museums

(Local Name: Zentrum für aussergewöhnliche Museen (ZAM)) This most curious of museums houses seven unusual collections all assembled by the lawyer Manfred Klauda, in addition to which it also mounts special exhibitions on unusual themes.

One section is devoted to Sissy, the Empress Elisabeth of Austria; the life-size wax likeness (from the Tussaud workshop) is dressed in Sissy's own clothes. Also on view is a four-poster bed which the Empress slept in.

The Chamber Pot Museum boasts more than 2,000 potties, many of which once graced the most aristocratic houses of Europe (Bismarck's among others). The earliest is some 2,000 years old and came from Syria. One of the highlights is the Bourdalou Collection of the type of pot used by high society ladies in the 18th and 19th C. The lock collection consists of numerous padlocks, some up to 2,000 years old, used to secure all kinds of possession from treasure chests to pillories and chastity belts.

Corkscrew collection

More than 1,000 exhibits illustrating the 300-year-old history of the humble corkscrew.

Pedal Car Museum

The Pedal Car Museum features over 100 of these scaled-down vehicles, manufactured for children from the late 19th C. onwards. Among them are versions of some famous real-life marques such as Auto Union, Bugatti and Mercedes.

Easter Bunny Museum

The Easter Bunny Museum is dedicated to the egg-producing rabbit which has been a principal character in traditional Easter celebrations for at least 300 years.