National Poo Museum shuts for year to go on tour

The museum dedicated to excrement is leaving its base in a former loo to hit the road

A museum all about poo in a former public toilet on the Isle of Wight has announced it will not open this year as it is set to go on tour.

Based at the disused Sandown Barrack Battery fort, faeces gathered from around the world are displayed in illuminated resin spheres.

The museum also features a "Loo-vre", a window frame displaying various poo specimens found on the island, including fossilised dinosaur droppings.

Museum director, Daniel Roberts, said with the tiny museum marking its 10th anniversary this year "it was time to hit the road".

Different types of excrement are on show placed in resin spheres with facts about poo behind toilet lids on the museum's walls

It first started as an exhibition at the Isle of Wight Zoo to educate people about poo.

Samples of faeces were gathered along with donations from the Isle of Wight Zoo and Dinosaur Isle museum.

A specially-built drying machine is used by the museum staff to prepare specimens, from animals such as elks and lions as well as a human baby, for display in the resin spheres.

The tiny attraction opened in the former public toilet near Sandown Bay in 2018.

The museum has yet to announce tour dates and venues.

The museum said it is closing for 2025 to take its exhibition pieces on a tour