A BRITISH crab museum is making waves overseas thanks to its bizarre exhibits.
The Crab Museum, based in Margate, England, gained the attention of fans across the pond after visitors noticed their hilarious way of teaching people about crustaceans.
In one of the more bizarre displays, a 1920s English town can be seen completely covered in models of crabs.
Another display educates its young visitors about the crabs’ mating habits – cleverly using “censored” stickers.
While other museums may struggle to attract visitors, this little Margate gem has attracted media attention from across the pond.
The owners – Ned Suesat-Williams, 30, his brother Bertie, 33, and pal Chase Coley, 32, spoke to The New York Times about their project – revealing they wanted to help their visitors learn by stealth.
Mr Suesat-Williams explained: “Everyone learns better when they’re laughing.”
And Mr Coley said the trio saw themselves as the “bad boys” of Britain’s museum world.
It’s paid off, with the museum now seeing 80,000 visitors a year.
It’s even won an award for its hilarious presence on social media.
On Tripadvisor, tourists are told: “Europe’s #1 crab museum and a satisfyingly baffling tourist attraction! Visit the Crab Museum and find out what crabs have to do with science…
“Or just laugh at the crabs wearing hats!”
Given a 4.5 star rating, tourists have gushed over the attraction, with one visitor saying: “One of the smallest but also the best museums in the area.”
Another added: “If you are a person from outside the UK wanting an example to demonstrate British absurdist humour this place sums it up in one.”
Their work has not been ignored after they recently scored a 150 million-year-old fossil of a shrimp – their first loan item – and are now taking courses with the end goal of being able to apply for government funding.
The Crab Museum is not the only quirky place to visit in the UK, there are all sorts of places worth visiting, like inside the world’s biggest tree house.
There’s also The Forbidden Corner, an adventure park in North Yorkshire – which claims to be the “strangest place in the world”.
And if neither of those places are hitting the spot, there’s The Singing Ringing Tree, an interactive musical sculpture best visited on a windy day, in Burnley.
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