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Podcast: Museum of Clean

Keeping history squeaky-clean.
The Podcast Team April 3, 2023
Ferdinand's VII latrine-forniture when it was exposed in the Museum of Romanticism in Madrid.
Madrid, Spain

Toilet Cabinet of Ferdinand VII

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.
Victorian Bath House sign
London, England

Victorian Bath House

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.
The hill as seen from the Vistula side.
Warsaw, Poland

Gnojna Góra (Dung Hill Lookout Point)

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.
Latrines.
List

6 Old Latrines Worth a Visit, Even If You Can't Use Them

March your tuchus to these historic bathrooms to see how people used to take care of business.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 8, 2021
The roll truth, and nothing but.
bathrooms

A Brief History of TP, From Silk Road Hygiene to Pandemic Hoarding

An author's end-game expertise has never been more timely.
Shoshi Parks May 8, 2020
Attendant proudly serves coffee and snacks atop refurbished urinals.
bars

London's Subterranean Victorian Bathrooms Now House Bars and Cafés

People drink gin and coffee where gentlemen once relieved themselves.
Katherine Waters September 18, 2019
Accept no substitutes: Authentic Aleppo soap bears its maker's mark, and the Arabic name for the city of its origin.
culture

In Syria, War and Modernity Are No Match for the World's Oldest Soap

The artisans of Aleppo keep plying their ancient trade, one bar at a time.
Nora Wallaya August 1, 2019
London, England

Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.
Because plain chamber pots are so 2016.
hygiene

12 Chamber Pots You Can Buy Right Now

From the gold-laden to the practical, a chamber pot for every person who never knew they needed one.
Mariana Zapata December 22, 2016
A Polish communist era water closet
Bydgoszcz, Poland

Museum of Soap and History of Dirt

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.
health

The Toothbrush That Grows On Trees

Dan Nosowitz December 23, 2015
Don Aslett's antique vacuum collection
Pocatello, Idaho

Museum of Clean

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.