Toilet History Museum

History museum in Rybalska str. Tower Kyiv, Ukraine

Toilet History Museum

київського Музею історії туалету

Official logo of the Toilet History Museum

Some of the museum's collection, 2019

Established| 2006
Location| Rybalska str. 22 Tower №5 Kyiv, Ukraine
Coordinates| 50°26′10.352″N 30°32′12.199″E﻿ / ﻿50.43620889°N 30.53672194°E﻿ / 50.43620889; 30.53672194
Type| History museum
Owner| Nikolay and Marina Bogdanenko
Website| museumtoilet.com.ua

The Toilet History Museum is a private museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, that contains the largest collection of toilet-related souvenirs and items in the world, including historic chamber pots, squatting pans, and urinals. The museum was founded in 2006 by a Ukrainian couple who worked in the plumbing business and is currently housed in a building within the Kyiv Fortress. In 2016, the Guinness World Records recognized it as "the largest collection of souvenir toilet bowls in the world".[1]

## Background

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The museum was created by Nikolay and Marina Bogdanenko, a Ukrainian couple who had previously worked in the plumbing supply business and wanted to teach people about the enduring importance of hygiene.[2][3] It opened in 2006 with items that the Bogdanenkos had collected from around the world, many while on vacation. In 2013 Bogdanenko published a 521-page book on the history of hygiene and toiletry, World History (of Toilets). Today, the museum draws an estimated 1,000 visitors per month and is housed in the Kyiv Fortress, a building which dates to the 19th century.[4]

## Organization

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The museum covers the toilet from prehistoric times to the present day and related topics, including the dressing room and clothes worn to clean toilets.[5] Exhibits are arranged sequentially, dividing history into primitive society, antiquity, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th–20th century, modernity, and art water closets. The museum has replicas of some of the first toilet seats and explains the invention of toilet paper more than 2,000 years ago in China.[6] A display shows visitors waste disposal methods from medieval castles and why medieval toilets were called wardrobes.[4] The flushing toilet, first sketched by Leonardo da Vinci, is brought to life in a wood model.[4][7] A separate room contains a movie theater that shows videos about toilets in alternating languages.[2][8] There are more than 580 items in the permanent collection, which earned it recognition in the Guinness World Records in 2016.[1]

## See also

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* Haewoojae
* Sulabh International Museum of Toilets

## External links

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* Official website

## References

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1. ^ a b "The Kyiv Museum of Toilet History has entered the Guinness Book of Records]". ZIK. Lviv. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
2. ^ a b Nikoloz Bezhanishvili (21 September 2015). "Museum of the toilet received a certificate of Guinness World Records". UGA. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
3. ^ Sean Williams (21 September 2015). "HAVING A SH*T TIME IN KIEV". ozy. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
4. ^ a b c Nikoloz Bezhanishvili (3 July 2015). "Toilet History Museum". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
5. ^ Nikoloz Bezhanishvili and Giorgi Lomsadze (21 September 2015). "A long history of toilets in Ukraine museum". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
6. ^ Nikoloz Bezhanishvili (21 September 2015). "Museums in Kiev Toilet Museum". Primetour. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
7. ^ Alina Khvorostyan. "Museum of toilet's history in Kyiv, Ukraine". AFAR. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
8. ^ Nikoloz Bezhanishvili (3 July 2015). "Tamada Travels: Ukraine's Toilet History Museum". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

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Museums in Kyiv, Ukraine

Art museums
and galleries|

* Ivan Honchar Museum
* Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine
* National Folk Decorative Art Museum
* Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art
* National Art Museum of Ukraine
* Kyiv Art Gallery [uk]
* PinchukArtCentre
* Mystetskyi Arsenal

History|

* Kyiv City Teacher's House
* Kyiv History Museum
* National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide
* National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War
* Museum of Soviet Occupation
* National Museum of the History of Ukraine
* National Museum-Preserve of Ukrainian military achievements
* Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum
* Victoria Museum

Religion|

* Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
* St Andrew's Church
* Saint Sophia Cathedral
* St Cyril's Church
* St Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral

Transportation|

* The Museum of the History of Kyiv Transportation [uk]
* Exhibition of rolling stock of historical locomotives and wagons [uk]
* Ukraine State Aviation Museum
* Kyiv Subway Museum [uk]

Culture|

* Golden Gate
* Kyiv Fortress
* Museum of the History of Life in Kyiv [uk]
* Mamayeva Sloboda [uk]
* Maria Zankovetska Museum [uk]
* Maksym Rylsky Museum
* Mikhail Bulgakov Museum
* Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture
* Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora
* Mykhailo Hrushevsky Memorial Museum
* National Museum Taras Shevchenko
* One Street Museum
* Pavlo Tychyna Museum
* National Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine
* Savka House
* State Museum of Toys

Infrastructure|

* Kyiv Pharmacy Museum [uk]
* Museum of Recycled Materials [uk]
* Kyiv Sewer Museum [uk]
* Kyiv Water Museum
* National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine [uk]
* Toilet History Museum

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Toilets

Equipment|

* Ballcock
* Bedpan
* Bidet
* Bidet shower
* Brush
* Cistern
* Commode
* Electronic bidet
* Flushometer
* Seat
* Toilet seat riser
* Toilet
* Toilet cleaner
* Toilet paper
* Holder/dispenser
* Orientation
* Toilet rim block
* Trap (U-bend)

Types|

* Aircraft
* Arborloo
* Blair
* Bucket
* Cathole
* Chemical
* Composting
* Container-based
* Dry
* Dual flush
* EToilet
* Flush
* Freezing
* Head (boat)
* Hudo (Scouting)
* Incinerating
* Intelligent
* Latrine
* Low-flush
* On-board
* Passenger train
* Pay
* Pig
* Pit
* Portable
* Potty
* Public
* Sanisette (self-cleaning)
* Sink
* Space
* Squat
* Telescopic
* Treebog
* Urine-diverting dry
* Vacuum
* Vermifilter
* Washlet (combined toilet and bidet)

Cultural and
policy aspects|

* Accessible
* Adult diaper
* Bathroom privileges
* Bathroom reading
* Honeywagon (vehicle)
* Incontinence pad
* Islamic toilet etiquette
* Istinja
* Latrinalia
* Privatization of public toilets
* Swachh Bharat Mission
* Toilet god
* Toilet humour
* Skibidi Toilet
* Toilet plume
* Toilet-related injuries and deaths
* Toilet Revolution in China
* Toilet Twinning
* Unisex public
* Vacuum truck

Jobs and activities|

* Manual scavenging
* Restroom attendant
* Sanitation worker
* Slopping out
* Toilet training
* Toileting

Urine-related aspects|

* Female urinal
* Female urination device
* Interactive urinal
* Pissoir
* Pee curl
* Pollee
* Sanistand
* Urinal
* Urinal deodorizer block
* Urinal (health care)
* Urination
* Urine collection device
* Urine deflector
* Urine diversion

Feces-related aspects|

* Anal hygiene
* Defecation
* Defecation postures
* Fecal sludge management
* Flying toilet
* Open defecation
* Scatology

Places|

* Haewoojae
* Hundertwasser Toilets
* Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue
* Modern Toilet Restaurant
* National Poo Museum
* Outhouse
* Rest area
* Shit Museum
* Sulabh International Museum of Toilets
* Toilet (room)
* Toilet History Museum
* Toilets in Japan
* Toilets in New York City
* Bryant Park restroom

Historical terms|

* Aphedron
* Chamber pot
* Close stool
* Dansker
* Garderobe
* Gong farmer
* Groom of the Stool
* Night soil
* Pail closet
* Privy midden
* Reredorter

See also|

* Changing room
* Unisex changing rooms
* Ecological sanitation
* History of water supply and sanitation
* Human right to water and sanitation
* Improved sanitation
* Infection prevention and control
* Public health
* Reuse of human excreta
* Sanitation
* Sewage treatment
* Sustainable sanitation
* Waste management
* World Toilet Day
* Workers' right to access the toilet

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