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Beijing's 10 strangest museums

Updated: 2014-12-05 11:01 By Jiang Wanjuan (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Sock Culture Museum

Beijing's 10 strangest museums

A unique Sock Culture Museum was unveiled on March 13, 2013 in Yancun county, Fangshan district, Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua]

The museum is 3,200 square meters and boasts a collection of over 1,000 items, including exhibits on domestic sock culture, history, literature, machinery and of course, real socks. Additionally, exhibition halls focus on different aspects of socks, such as in the History Hall, Technology Hall, Experience Hall and Future Hall. Modern display methods utilizing digital interactive media are on hand, which educate visitors on the history of socks, and how they're made, along with appropriate fashion etiquette and color-matching schemes.

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