No, its not an April Fools joke.
Britain has indeed opened a museum dedicated to poo.
TheNational Poo Museumis fairly small, with feces specimens from only 18 species at the time of its opening.
The dried specimens are encapsulated in glass globes that light up when visitors press a button.
A selection of samples.
The group has built a special excrement drying machine that desiccates each sample before encapsulating in glass globes.
Pigeon poo
Human baby poo
Fossil poo
Lion poo
Meerkat poo
viaCulturePopandArtnet
