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Just when I thought there was a museum for everything \u2013 a ramen noodle museum in Japan<\/a> and the International Banana Museum in California<\/a> \u2013 I discover yet another unusual ode to something that you probably didn\u2019t think needed an entire building dedicated to it.<\/p>\n

Except watermelon. Watermelon deserves its own museum\u2026and now it has one.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in Beijing and have a few hours to kill, you could learn more about watermelon than you ever thought possible at the China Watermelon Museum<\/a>. Visitors from all over the globe can come to this watermelon-shaped attraction, which houses over 43,000 square feet of exhibits, showcasing the journey from the origins of the watermelon, from its birthplace in southern Africa to its ascent into space.<\/p>\n

The museum features realistic wax models of the many different kinds of watermelons, antique paintings and artwork and more historical artifacts than you can spit a seed at. (Though I\u2019m pretty sure they frown upon spitting seeds at the artifacts.)<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of News Dog Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Touring the museum will take you about two hours, or more, if you need a translator. Outside in the grounds, various sculptures of people eating watermelon greet visitors as they pass.<\/span>If you\u2019re like me and wondering why Beijing is a likely location for this museum, it\u2019s because the area just south of Beijing city is one of the largest watermelon-producing regions in the world.<\/p>\n

If I ever needed another reason to visit China, this would be it. It would be a dream to see the entire history of watermelon under one roof. I would have to remember that the watermelons are not<\/em> real, and to eat before<\/em> going to the museum, as I have a feeling it would make me very, very hungry.<\/p>\n

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