Museum Bathroom Art

When visiting an art museum, you most likely are there to observed the works of art featured in the museum. However, at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the bathrooms themselves are actually works of art. Creating permanent art in the restrooms "begun in 1974 as a means of supporting artistic exploration by providing artists with access to industrial technologies".

Annually, a group of selected artists collaborate with Kohler Co. and actually handcraft the fixtures each step of the way. Each bathroom represents different periods and technologies. Photos below are from The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art.

The Social History of Architecture:


Sheboygan Men's Room:


The Women's Room:


Childhood Vitreous:


Sources: John Michael Kohler Arts Center
The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art

The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art

The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art is not a museum of interesting toilets from different time periods or countries. Nor can it be visited physically.

What makes this Museum of Art interesting, is that it showcases only toilets and bathrooms that are located in other museums. Due to the fact that the Museum's exhibits exist in other museums all over the world, The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art can only be visited online. Now that, is a mouthful.

Photos can be submitted to The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art. Some toilets currently featured in their gallery include:

Tate Museum Bathroom in London, England.


Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan


Museum of Photography in Tokyo, Japan


Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton, Massachusetts


Source: The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art