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Museum exhibiting torture devices
A torture museum is a museum that exhibits instruments of torture and provides an insight on the history of torture and its use in human society. Several
Torture_museum
Museum in St. Augustine, Florida
The Medieval Torture Museum is the largest interactive torture museum in the United States, displaying a private collection of torture, execution and
Medieval_Torture_Museum
Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Torture Museum, Amsterdam is located in Amsterdam, near the Bloemenmarkt overlooking the Singel. It exhibits historical instruments of torture. Like
Torture_Museum,_Amsterdam
Mythical torture device
Castle Museum of Torture, Museum of Torture, archived from the original on 2016-02-16, retrieved 2015-01-17. Seth Robson, "Prague: Torture Museum Offers
Iron_maiden
A list of torture methods and devices includes: Chinese water torture Humiliation Subjection to periods of interrogation Music torture Mock execution Forced
List_of_torture_methods
Museum in the City of San Marino, San Marino
The Torture Museum (Italian: Museo Della Tortura) is a museum in the City of San Marino, San Marino. The museum was established in 1966. The museum exhibits
Torture_Museum_(San_Marino)
Possible medieval torture method
The goat's tongue is a method of torture which was invented and may have been practiced in medieval Europe, whereby a goat would lick the feet of a victim
Goat's_tongue
Alleged early modern torture device
leaves. These are generally held in museums devoted to the subject of torture and are described as instruments of torture by distension or evisceration. Some
Pear_of_anguish
Room where torture is inflicted
A torture chamber is a room equipped, and sometimes specially constructed, for the infliction of torture. The medieval torture chamber was windowless and
Torture_chamber
Replica medieval castle in Australia
live theatre, a jester, juggler and fire eating, as well as a "Wax Of Torture" museum. The castle also provides accommodation and hosts weddings and conferences
Kryal_Castle
Early modern form of public punishment
Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-820637-2. Kuenning, Geoff (2005). "Rothenburg: Torture 101". Adventures in Karlsruhe. Harvey Mudd College. Retrieved 2008-05-04
Shrew's_fiddle
Torture device
There is little evidence that such "torture instruments" were used, and the examples exhibited in "Torture Museums" are generally modern artifacts. Luis
Breast_ripper
Former Khmer Rouge prison in Cambodia
Physical torture was combined with sleep deprivation and deliberate neglect of the prisoners. The torture implements are on display in the museum. It is
Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum
Form of sexual play
Cock and ball torture (CBT) is a sexual activity involving the consensual application of pain, pressure, or constriction to the male genitals. Practices
Cock_and_ball_torture
Execution method
term may also refer to a rope and stick used to constrict a limb as a torture device. Since World War II, the garrotte has been regularly employed as
Garrote
Program of torture by the US government
interrogation techniques" or "enhanced interrogation" was a program of systematic torture of detainees by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence
Enhanced interrogation techniques
Enhanced_interrogation_techniques
Fictional representations of torture
representations, torture is often portrayed as a method for obtaining information through interrogation. Unlike the real world practice of torture, fictional
Torture_in_fiction
politician Theo Thijssen Torture Museum Van Eesterenmuseum, museum about architect and urban planner Cornelis van Eesteren Van Gogh Museum, dedicated to the
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Torture instrument
The thumbscrew, (also known as devils handshake) is a torture instrument which was first used in early modern Europe. It is a simple vise, sometimes with
Thumbscrew_(torture)
This is a list of museums in San Marino. Museo delle Cere Sammarinese Museum of Ancient Arms Torture Museum Museo storico della federazione balestrieri
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2004 American military scandal
included physical abuse, sexual humiliation, physical and psychological torture, and rape, as well as the killing of Manadel al-Jamadi and the desecration
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
Use of tickling to abuse an individual
Tickle torture is the prolonged use of tickling to abuse, dominate, harass, humiliate, or interrogate an individual. While laughter is popularly thought
Tickle_torture
Torture method simulating drowning
Waterboarding or controlled drowning is a form of torture in which water is poured over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized
Waterboarding
Building in Gdańsk, Poland
The Torture Chamber (Polish: Katownia; German: Painkammer) is a building located in central Gdańsk. One of a series of city gates, it was constructed
Torture_Chamber,_Gdańsk
museums Postal museums Sex museums Textile museums Fashion museums Torture museums Toy museums Transport museums Automobile museums Aviation museums Maritime
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Museum in Santiago, Chile
who was herself a victim of torture during the dictatorship of Pinochet. The materials and documentation for the museum's collection were mostly provided
Museum of Memory and Human Rights
Museum_of_Memory_and_Human_Rights
Prison in Iran turned into torture museum
reports of torture in the summer of 1999 caused the Islamic Republic to shut down the prison in August 2000. It is currently the Ebrat Museum of Iran ("Edification
Towhid_Prison
Predicament escape
Water Torture Cell glass plate from The Houdini Museum in Las Vegas. This backup glass traveled with Houdini as a spare in case the Water Torture Cell
Chinese_Water_Torture_Cell
Museum in León, Nicaragua
were tortured. Today, the prison cells depict Nicaraguan traditions and legends through puppet illustration, while wall paintings portray how tortured prisoners
Museum of Traditions and Legends
Museum_of_Traditions_and_Legends
seen to fall off. It is also shown in the movie Hostel as part of a torture museum that Paxton and his friends go to on their fateful holiday to Slovakia
Guillotine_(magic_trick)
Building in Seoul, South Korea
suspects were confined and tortured. The space now recreates the arrangements for viewing by visitors to the museum. The National Museum of Korean Democracy
National Museum of Korean Democracy
National_Museum_of_Korean_Democracy
Israel has been accused of systematically torturing Palestinians detained in its prison system. This torture has been reported by the United Nations, Human
Torture_during_the_Gaza_war
Former army barracks complex in southern Lebanon
locals to have been carried out in an attempt to hide the evidence of torture and mistreatment used there. Satellite imagery taken in March 2026 during
Khiam_detention_center
Island in Antigua and Barbuda
writings for the Antigua Historic Sites and Conservation Commission.) The Torture Museum Site The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey Project Gutenberg
Antigua
Torture device
a torture device that has several different variations depending on its origin and use throughout history. It is also known as the Chinese torture chair
Iron_chair
1984 single by the Jacksons
"Torture" is the second single released off the album Victory by the Jacksons. Written by Jackie Jackson and fellow Motown veteran Kathy Wakefield, the
Torture_(song)
Argentine naval school and detention site
Heritage Site in 2023 under the name 'ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Center of Detention, Torture and Extermination'. In 2001, the School
Navy_Petty-Officers_School
TV series or program
necropolises with millions of people buried in Najaf, and also visits a torture museum in Sulaymaniyah to remember atrocities committed against Iraqi Kurds
Don't_Tell_My_Mother
Town in Hesse, Germany
Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum ("Mediaeval torture museum"), with many instruments of torture Asbach Distillery, brandy museum illustrating the history of Asbach
Rüdesheim_am_Rhein
Trinidadian domestic servant and torture victim
and torture victim. In a high profile case, the former governor of Trinidad, Sir Thomas Picton, was found guilty of arranging for her to be tortured. His
Luisa Calderón (torture victim)
Luisa_Calderón_(torture_victim)
Memorial museum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
has displays of torture instruments, skulls and bones, coffins, bloody clothes and photographs of victims. In free tours of the museum, guides describes
Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum
Red_Terror_Martyrs'_Memorial_Museum
Physiological reaction or injury caused by electric current
Several deliberate uses of electric shock are considered torture. The Tucker Telephone is a torture device that was used in the Tucker State Prison Farm,
Electrical_injury
(museum) Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder Rembrandt House Museum Rijksmuseum Stedelijk Museum Suriname Museum Torture Museum Tropenmuseum Van Gogh Museum Verzetsmuseum
List of museums in the Netherlands
List_of_museums_in_the_Netherlands
Castle in Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
medieval torture instruments. The torture chamber with its instruments illustrates an earlier sense of justice. In addition to the torture museum, the Galeriebau
Sigmaringen_Castle
Method of corporal punishment
Hyperpigmentation was found on West African torture victims' feet months or years after being tortured. As a physical sign of torture, it can support requests for political
Foot_whipping
Former prison and current museum in Sulaimaniyya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Talabani family and the Qaiwan Group. The museum exhibits include mannequins demonstrating how people were tortured in the prison and a hall of broken mirrors
Amna_Suraka
Device used to restrain, torture and humiliate prisoners
(Maine) Police Museum. The first person known to escape from this device was escapologist Theodore Hardeen, the brother of Harry Houdini. Torture in the United
Tramp_chair
Archaeology museum in Central Java , Indonesia
Karmawibhangga Museum also known as Borobudur Museum, is an archaeology museum located just several hundred meters north of 8th century Borobudur Buddhist
Karmawibhangga_Museum
Municipality in Carinthia, Austria
ruins with torture museum Protestant Tolerance church in Unterhaus, built in 1828 Fishing museum (1. Kärntner Fischereimuseum) Bonsai museum Knights' games
Seeboden_am_Millstätter_See
Torture device used for capital punishment
wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe from antiquity through
Breaking_wheel
This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities
List_of_museums_in_Illinois
2023 armed incursions and massacres in Israel
have confirmed Israeli systematic use of torture during the Gaza War, including rape, gang-rape, sexualized torture and mutilation of detained Palestinian
October_7_attacks
1971 film
on Torture is a 1971 documentary film directed by Haskell Wexler and Saul Landau. The film had its premiere on October 21, 1971 at the Whitney Museum in
Brazil:_A_Report_on_Torture
Memorial monument located in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
of torture at the Tigray Martyrs Memorial Museum". World Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2024-12-22. Administrator. "Mekele Martyrs Monument & Museum - Dark
Tigray Martyrs Memorial Monument
Tigray_Martyrs_Memorial_Monument
United States military prison in southeastern Cuba
are consistent with torture as defined by the UN Convention Against Torture as well as the more restrictive US definition of torture that was operational
Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
16th-century punishment or torture device
due to a woman's gossip, and presented the instrument of restraint or torture out of anger and spite. The church states it came to the parish in 1723
Scold's_bridle
Tourist attraction in Hamburg, Germany
its area. The sites are owned by Poole based Merlin Entertainments. Torture Museums Hamburg Dungeon (in German), archived from the original on 2009-02-25
Hamburg_Dungeon
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums in Vienna. This list of museums in Vienna, Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as
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owned by Poole based Merlin Entertainments. Merlin Entertainments Torture Museums The Berlin Dungeon The Berlin Dungeon Review Media related to Berlin
Berlin_Dungeon
English participant in the Gunpowder Plot (1570–1606)
and they found Fawkes guarding the explosives. He was questioned and tortured over the next few days and confessed to wanting to blow up the House of
Guy_Fawkes
American con artist and murderer (1861–1896)
murder. Known as the Beast of Chicago, the Devil in the White City or the Torture Doctor, he committed his most notorious crimes in Chicago around the time
H._H._Holmes
Painting by Max Beckmann
side panels show images of sadistic violence. At the left, possibly a torture chamber, a woman is tied down upon a crystal ball. To her left, a strange
Departure_(Beckmann)
Memory museum, human rights in Itinerant
Tenkil Museum is a traveling memory museum that documents deaths, alleged human-rights violations, exile, torture, and disappearances in Turkey, beginning
Tenkil_Museum
Museum in Budapest, Hungary
these regimes, including those detained, interrogated, tortured, or killed in the building. The museum opened on 24 February 2002, and its director general
House_of_Terror
Hungarian countess and suspected serial killer (1560–1614)
Kingdom of Hungary. Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women from 1590 to 1610. Bathory and
Elizabeth_Báthory
Philippine laws
State University: Cebu Technological University (CTU) 2009-11-10 9745 Anti-Torture Act of 2009 (Read about the Convention) 2009-11-10 9746 Converting a State
List_of_Philippine_laws
Torture of slaves in the United States was fairly common, as part of what many slavers claimed was necessary discipline. As one historian put it, "Stinted
Torture of slaves in the United States
Torture_of_slaves_in_the_United_States
Japanese writer
revolt against the company and its managers. Kobayashi died due to violent torture after being arrested by the Special Higher Police two years later, at the
Takiji_Kobayashi
Museum set in former SS headquarters in Rome, Italy
and its subsequent liberation. The building housing the museum was used by the SS to torture members of the Italian Resistance in the first half of 1944
Museum of the Liberation of Rome
Museum_of_the_Liberation_of_Rome
History museum in Århus , Denmark
movement in general. The museum exhibition make use of the history of the building as a place of interrogation and torture to tell the story of the events
Occupation_Museum,_Aarhus
Former prison in Lisbon, Portugal
silence of the "drawers" of the homeland gnawed of the breasts broken by the tortures of the request rose the cry of freedom flowered April "Museu do Aljube"
Cadeia_do_Aljube
2024 Indian horror film by Rahul Sadasivan
mystical goblin helper, a chathan, by the goddess Varahi. His constant torture of the chathan turned it vengeful, and it went on to kill Chudalan Potti
Bramayugam
Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 1479 The Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 1480 (C. 41) The Offensive
List of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom, 2020
List_of_statutory_instruments_of_the_United_Kingdom,_2020
Council of Lyon (1245). Issued the bull Ad extirpanda (1252), permitting the torture of heretics. 181 12 December 1254 – 25 May 1261 (6 years, 164 days) Alexander
List_of_popes
16th-century torture device
Skevington's gyves, iron shackle, stork, or Spanish A-frame was a type of torture device invented in England during the reign of King Henry VIII. The Scavenger's
Skevington's_gyves
Person killed for their testimony for or belief in Christianity
sawing, stoning, crucifixion, burning at the stake, or other forms of torture and capital punishment. The word martyr comes from the Koine word μάρτυς
Christian_martyr
Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC
in the desperate defense of Syria against the Parthians. The Gabiniani tortured and murdered these two, perhaps with secret encouragement by rogue senior
Cleopatra
1999 murder in Hong Kong
nightclub hostess was abducted in Lai Yiu Estate, and subsequently raped and tortured to death in an apartment in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. 23-year-old Fan Man-yee
Hello_Kitty_murder_case
Turkish history teacher who died in police custody after the 15 July 2016
5 August 2016) was a history teacher who died in police custody due to torture and medical negligence following his arrest during the widespread purges
Gökhan_Açıkkollu
Government Building in Nairobi, Kenya
injuries caused by torture. A court case was filed in June 2024 by some of the survivors of the torture chambers for them be made into a museum and open to the
Nyayo_House
Museum in Chittagong, Bangladesh
rename the museum to Liberation War Memorial Museum. He felt that the building is a witness to the torture of victims by the Pakistani army during the
Zia_Memorial_Museum
Museum in Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn City Museum (Estonian: Tallinna Linnamuuseum) is a city museum in Tallinn, Estonia. The museum was founded in 1937 as Historic Museum of the City
Tallinn_City_Museum
City in Texas, United States
words "Welcome Visitors". Thousands of Dallasites came to gawk at the torture scene, collecting keepsakes and posing for photographs. In 1921, the Mexican
Dallas
New Zealand royal commission
witnesses including 20 former patients. Several participants had experienced torture and neglect at the hands of its consultant psychiatrist Dr Selwyn Leeks
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care
Royal_Commission_of_Inquiry_into_Abuse_in_Care
Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania
one-third for resisting the occupation. Museum director Ramunė Driaučiūnaitė noted that the prison was designed for torture. Pointing out the single-celling
Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights
Museum_of_Occupations_and_Freedom_Fights
Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of art and
Hermitage_Museum
Albaicín. In recent years the museum has been offering two permanent exhibitions: "Inquisition: Ancient Instruments of Torture" and "Interactive Flamenco"
Palace_of_the_Forgotten
History museum in Cairo, Egypt
Zeit (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2019. "Egypt's Museums: From Egyptian Museum to 'Torture Chamber'". Egypt Independent. 20 April 2011. Retrieved
Egyptian_Museum
2001 terror attacks in the U.S.
consequences of war. The U.S. Constitution and U.S. law prohibits the use of torture, yet such human rights violations occurred during the war on terror under
September_11_attacks
Documented evidence about crimes against humanity in Syria
titled A Report into the credibility of certain evidence with regard to Torture and Execution of Persons Incarcerated by the current Syrian regime, is
2014_Syrian_detainee_report
Archaic Chinese method of torture and execution
"slow slicing" or (incorrectly) "death by a thousand cuts", is a form of torture and execution that was used in China from c. 900 until it was banned in
Lingchi
Serbian politician (1878–1938)
awakening of the working masses, as well as about the "inquisitional" torture of revolutionaries. At the invitation of Tucović, Filipović returned to
Filip_Filipović_(politician)
Print series by Francisco Goya
criminal does not call for torture] Si es delinquente que muera presto [If he is guilty, let him die quickly] Metropolitan Museum of Art The custody is as
The_Prisoners_(Goya)
Museum in Seoul, South Korea
imprisoned after the March 1 Movement was Yu Gwan-sun, who died from the torture inflicted on her. Park Jin-hong was a nationalist who spent over ten years
Seodaemun_Prison
Palestinian militant and politician (1962–2024)
original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024. "Hamas leader's torture tactics revealed in IDF tunnel raid". The Times. 10 March 2024. Archived
Yahya_Sinwar
English founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
the Church of England at the time. "Certainly the worst man would hardly torture his enemy, if he could, forever. Unless God has a scheme that every man
Florence_Nightingale
Museum in Vibetsk, Belarus
Vitebsk in the period of occupation, and the patriots tortured there (such as Vera Khoruzhaya). This museum includes private collections such as Belarusian
Vitebsk Regional History Museum
Vitebsk_Regional_History_Museum
First-century Jewish preacher and religious leader
Mandaean Josephus Tacitus Theosophy Bar-Serapion Jesus in culture Life in art Life of Christ Museum Depiction Jesuism Christianity portal Islam portal v t e
Jesus
Christian Roman general martyred in AD 118
fire; fire prevention; firefighters; hunters; hunting; huntsmen; trappers; against family discord; difficult situations; torture victims; Madrid; Matera
Saint_Eustace
Country in East Asia
being perceived as anti-KMT or pro-Communist. Many citizens were arrested, tortured, imprisoned or executed for their real or perceived link to the Chinese
Taiwan
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From 'fortuna' meaning fortunate or good luck. A popular 17th Century Puritan name.
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English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin fortuna, FORTUNE means "fortune, luck."
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English and French : nickname for a gambler or for someone considered fortunate or well favored, from Middle English, Old French fortune ‘chance’, ‘luck’. In some cases it may derive from the rare medieval personal name Fortune (Latin Fortunius).French (Fortuné) : from the personal name Fortuné, a vernacular form of the Late Latin personal name Fortunatus meaning ‘prosperous’, ‘happy’.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Lothian, probably so named from Old English fÅr ‘hog’, ‘pig’ + tÅ«n ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; John de Fortun was servant to the abbot of Kelso c. 1200.
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v. t.
To form a texture of or with; to interweave.
v. t.
To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
n.
One who tortures; a tormentor.
n.
To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to.
imp. & p. p.
of Torture
n.
Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune.
n.
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
n.
The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.
n.
Affliction; torment; torture.
v. i.
Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
n.
That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune.
n.
To presage; to tell the fortune of.
n.
Torture; torment.
n.
To provide with a fortune.
v. i.
To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
v. t.
To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
v. t.
To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.
n.
State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
n.
The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Torture
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