WC Museum's video tour

The toilet topic is often not taken seriously, probably because it has now completely become part of our daily routine. Actually it is still a very delicate and extremely important topic.

In korea to raise awareness the popolation on the subject, a toilet park was even opened.

Sim Jae-Duck, former mayor of Suwon City and president of the World Toilet Association, having actively engaged in the promotion of toilets all over the world, was sympathetically renamed Mr. Toilet and in honor of the birth of the World Toilet Association he had his home demolished to have a huge toilet-shaped construction built in its place.

After his death in 2009, the family donated the house to the city, which according to the founder's dream it became a toilet museum, open and free for all, a real theme park on the types of bathrooms and their evolution.

The purpose of the WC Museum is also to make the population understand how important it has been, throughout history, the spread of hygienic practices and the introduction of the toilet, especially as a useful tool for the fight against diseases and epidemics, ideed  Mr. Toilet claimed:

"The toilet is not just a place to excrete one's excretions. It can save humanity from disease. It is a place to relax and purify, a place of introspection. The toilet is a central place in our lives, and rich of culture" .

Its structure is set on two floors, the first dedicated to the history and improvement projects of sanitary facilities around the world; the second is dedicated to the life of its creator Mr. Toilet.

The museum set-up, in addition to many toilets and a luxurious bathroom, also includes a collection of "toilet" signs from all countries of the earth.

If you are interested in sanitary design, or are simply looking for the best toilet for your home, a visit to this museum could certainly inspire you and not a little bit.

Of course Korea, for us Europeans, is not the closest place to visit, but luckily online there are many photos and videos of this amazing museum.

The bathroom of the house is a large room with transparent glass positioned centrally. As soon as someone enters the room the windows darken thanks to a mist to create the necessary privacy.

"Hygiene is more important than independence" with this quote from Mahatma Gandhi, the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets was presented to the public in an exhibition space dedicated to the history of sanitation. A toilet museum, an invention that has definitely influenced the progress of humanity. Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak has made the culture of hygiene and sanitation a life mission. After having founded the Sulabh Sanitation Movement, thanks to which many Indians had access not only to adequate sanitary facilities but also to education on the importance of hygiene in preventing the spread of diseases, he wanted to found the peculiar 'toilet museum' in New Delhi, India. The collection on display includes many models of toilet from all over the world and from different ages. The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets offers visitors a rare collection of toilets and the evolution of it since 2500 BC. From the oldest but finely decorated urinals, to Baroque bidets, passing through W.C. in the shape of a throne, studded with precious stones, sculptural. Up to the very modern Japanese toilets, full of electronic controls to perform the most disparate functions. Of course, the history of the toilet can only go hand in hand with that of sewage systems, and in the museum there is a section that summarizes its evolution starting from the ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley.

You are probably wondering why the title of this chapter is America d'oro ... well the answer is very simple Maurizio Cattelan the Italian conceptual artist called like this his special sculpture. It is a fully functional toilet, made of solid 18-karat gold and installed in a small bathroom, where visitors can enjoy the work in complete privacy. The Italian conceptual artist had provocatively offered it as a gift to US President Donald Trump because shortly before him and his wife asked a Van Gogh painting to decorate their apartment livingroom.

 At the inauguration Cattelan asked the participants to use it. "Whatever you eat, whether it's a two-hundred-dollar lunch or a hot dog that costs two, the result is always the same."

New Yorker critic Calvin Tomkins calls it the most interesting work of the Italian artist: "Nothing that Cattelan did before is comparable to that».

Yes, the work was axposed at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire when apparently someone stole Maurizio Cattelan's gold cabinet from Blenheim Palace, a majestic country house near Oxford, open to the public as a museum.

The toilet bowl, covered with 18-karat gold, was part of an exhibition dedicated to the Italian conceptual artist. Visitors could use it with the only limit of 3 minutes each. But the thieves took it easy, working until just before dawn to extract the toilet from the floor. They caused extensive damage, including the flooding of the toilet. and the adjacent room for the breaking of the water pipes.