The Creepiest Artifacts in Museums Around the World

Dried Hands

These dried hands help showcase the anatomy of the human hand. At the Mütter Museum, they are featured in the Grimm's Anatomy exhibit, which showcases the morbitity of fairy tales. 

Head Full of Teeth

This looks like it's something out of a nightmare, but it's actually what all children's skulls look like! The skull was chipped away to show the structure of adult teeth in a child's skull before they lose their baby teeth. It was donated sometime before 1941, but the donor is unknown... 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.