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The Museum of Failure is a collection of innovation failures. The museum showcases these failures to provide visitors a learning experience about the important role of failure for innovation and to encourage organizations to become better at learning from failure. The permanent exhibition opens on June 7, 2017 and is located in Helsingborg, Sweden. A Pop-up version of the museum is on an international tour.

The collection consists of over sixty failed products and services from around the world. Every item provides insight into the risky business of innovation. Some examples of the items on display:Apple Newton, Bic for Her - ridiculed on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Google Glass, N-Gage, lobotomy instruments]], Harley-Davidsson Cologne, Kodak DC-40, Sony Betamax, Lego Fiber Optics.

The museum has received international attention for its unusual collection. .

The museum is the brainchild of psychologist and innovation researcher Samuel West. The concept of the museum was inspired by a 2016 visit to Museum of Broken Relationships in ZagrebZagreb, Croatia.