Have you visited the world’s best cannabis museums?

Have you visited the world’s best cannabis museums?

The history of cannabis stretches back to ancient China, and museums have been dedicated to much more recent, less topical, and frankly, less important cultural touchstones than cannabis. This incredible medicinal plant can be found across the globe and has been a point of pride and contention in nearly every place it’s grown.

Discover the real history behind cannabis when you visit one of the world’s best, cannabis-only museums. If you’re even remotely interested in any aspect of cannabis from use to cultivation to historical relevance like the Nixon era weaponization of marijuana for political means, you owe it to yourself to make these museums a priority. What’s first on our list?

Immerse yourself at the Cannabition Cannabis Museum

What can you expect?

The Cannabition Cannabis Museum is Las Vegas’s very first museum dedicated to marijuana and cannabis. It’s got a lot going for it with a great location in the entertainment capital of the world and exhibits that evolve and change every time you visit.

This is one museum that isn’t shying away from social media-based opportunities. They are courting cannabis fans with what they refer to as “instagrammable” exhibits which include Hunter S. Thompson’s car from the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Cannabition even houses the world’s largest bong.

What makes this museum so unique?

Because Las Vegas is a city with a high-tourism rate and repeat visitors, the Cannabition Cannabis Museum is focusing on evolution and change. They want you to have a different experience every time you come; that means a range of rotating exhibits, living exhibits, and exhibits that incorporate video, audio, light, and movement.

The levels of interactivity and social-media consciousness make this the perfect museum to visit after you’ve stopped by the Grove.

Educate yourself at the History of Cannabis Museum

What can you expect?

The History of Cannabis Museum is an education-focused museum nestled in the heart of D.C. next to the McMillan Reservoir. Where Cannabition focuses on the wow factor behind the current wave of cannabis legalization, the THC Museum helps visitors to unearth the interesting history of cannabis throughout the world.

The journey starts in ancient China, 12,000 years ago. You’ll discover the industrial roots of hemp, and how it was originally harvested for its fibrous plant materials. Hemp was used in China and Taiwan to make fish netting, rope, paper, and oil. Cannabis traveled outside of China as the Chinese empire expanded, and began to make its journey across the world.

What makes this museum so unique?

With its halls dedicated to education, you can enter the museum knowing nothing about the history of cannabis and leave understanding how the hemp plant has traveled across and influenced cultures the entire world over.

If you’re fascinated by how the cannabis plant’s role and image can change, evolve, and spread across thousands of years, then you won’t want to miss this museum.

Discover industrial cannabis at the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum

What can you expect?


The Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum has two locations, one in Barcelona and one in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam location is the oldest cannabis-specific museum in the world. It first opened in 1985 with a limited number of pieces and has expanded to more than 7,000 cannabis-related artifacts at present.

If you want to understand how hemp shapes a nation, look at what they do with it and when they do it. These museums cover every aspect of cannabis with a focus on cultural artifacts that you can see and experience.

What makes this museum so unique?

Did you know the word canvas derives from the original spelling of cannabis (cannefas)? The museum is home to an incredible array of artifacts, from a painting by one of Rembrandt’s contemporaries to feudal Japanese sets of armor. Weapons and armor were actually held together with hemp rope while hemp fabric lining helped secure a tight fit.

Those are just two of the incredible items you’ll see if you visit either location. Objects like these help bring history to life, and the craftsmanship that goes into many pieces can only be fully appreciated in person.

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