Sex museums offer wide variety of quirky exhibits

Sex museums are mushrooming in different countries of the world. The first sex museum opened in Amsterdam just a while ago, in 1985. Nowadays there are approximately several dozen large sex museums running permanent exhibitions.

	Most exhibits on display look somewhat alike (michaeltyler.co.uk)
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Most exhibits on display look somewhat alike: sexual artifacts of modern and former times; household items resembling either the penis or vagina in terms of design; assorted erotic postcards and other historical and educational printed matter relating to sex.

The museum owners seem to know well that a lack in variety of exhibits will sooner or later result in the shutdown of an enterprise. Therefore, they are doing their utmost in an attempt to make their museums stand out among the similar establishments.

Visitors of the Temple of Venus, the above mentioned sex museum in the capital of the Netherlands, can hear somebody saying “hello” in whispers as soon as they start examining the first exhibits. The hushed sounds definitely come from behind. The visitors turn around and see a life-size moving doll representing a middle-aged flasher or a sexual exhibitionist. A broad smile crosses the doll’s face as the raincoat on its body flies open. Around half a million visitors of the museum are greeted this way each year. The exhibition is arranged in a slightly chaotic fashion yet the collection is said to be pretty diverse.

An oil lamp from Carthage dating back to 100 BC is one of most notable exhibits. The lamp is shaped like a penis. A number of walking sticks manufactured in the 1920s are also exhibited. Needless the say, the walking sticks are penis-shaped too.

The Erotische Muzeum is another hotspot worth seeing in Amsterdam. The museum is located in the famous red-light district of the Dutch capital. An antique mechanical vibrator with a spring-activated drive is proudly displayed in the museum, which also has a collection of erotic drawings by John Lennon. The drawings were given by the Beatle to his fiancée, Yoko Ono, on their wedding day.

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