Sex Museum

Colleen
Colleen
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Sex Museum

  • April 21, 2005
  • Rated 4 of 5 by backstage_diva from Danbury, Wisconsin
What can I say, it's about sex. It's very cheesy but fun. I have been here a few times just for the laughs. They have all types of sex things, ranging from current-day devices to Victorian porn to porn cakes. There is all sorts of stuff here. You have to see it to believe it. It is not for the faint of heart, as some things are very unusual or involve animals. It's better to go with a group of outgoing people.

From journal Weekends in Amsterdam

Something for over 18s!

  • February 2, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by savella from Birmingham, United Kingdom
The title says it all . . . it's a museum and it's all about sex. There pictures from the 1900s to the current day. At the time when I was there, they were fixing the place up, so I don't know what the updated version is like. Be very open-minded when you see the photos. It's hilarious (personally, I couldn't stop giggling), but very interesting.

From journal weekend gateaway

Sex Museum

  • August 11, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Aquarius78 from Edinburgh, United Kingdom
For the most part, 'interesting' pictures and photos but look out for the phone booths, the woman above you, the S&M section and the 'Walt Disney Experience' - we spent quite a while laughing at this! Worth a visit while wandering around the Red Light District - good value for money, offering an insight into pornography and sex through the ages...the cartoons are the best bit though!

From journal 5 Days in the Dam

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Sex Museum

  • May 30, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by mcbabe from London, United Kingdom
This museum is clearly meant to capitalise on the 'seedy' side of Amsterdam's reputation (it's right opposite the red light district). It's a pretty silly and tacky musuem in many ways. It's more of a museum of novelty items than sex (wax work men with trench coats which open up when you walk near them and display their 'goods' etc). However, it's actually pretty funny. Everyone likes a sex joke after all... Also, if you consider this is the sort of thing the British library won't let you see unless you're a bespectacled, respectable scholar, it takes on a sort of charm.

The exhibits here range from the silly to the lurid, but don't go expecting to be titilated, go expecting to have a photo taken of you next to a giant penis!

This is partly a good place to go just to see the range of expressions on the faces of the other museum visitors. From the painful (daughter brought along by parents) to the hilarious (the elderly queuing up to have their picture taken next to said giant penis) it is good.

This museum is generally dismissed in the guidebooks (the ones we read anyway), and this is unfortunate. It does lean towards the tacky, yet it does have some interesting exhibits if you get away from the wax works, particularly the vintage pornography.

From journal Amsterdam

Editor Pick

Sex Museum

  • May 18, 2002
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Marianne from Eindhoven, Netherlands
Sex Museum

I visited this museum with my daughter and we were in giggles all the time. Not so much because of the exhibits but simply looking at the men who thought this was serious business.

The first room is quite dull. It shows a collection of literature and manuscripts of sex through the ages. I quite likedthe china figurines with huge phalluses. There are also chastity belts and other equipment.

We then went to another room which was very popular with the male visitors. There are small padded booths, for one euro you can make your selection from eight different porno movies. We selected one but in fact it was all over before we really started looking at it. I’m sure it was not longer than one minute. When we left our booth it was soon occupied by one of the male visitors who stayed there for quite some time!

After this we went up stairs here it gets more interesting. This is the gallery of uncommon sexual desires.

This is not all. Another rooms shows thousands of pornographic pictures from around the world. If you feel tired you can sit on one of the huge penis chairs which vibrates every minute while you do a bit of people-watching and in particular men-watching. Quite a sensation!

From journal Amsterdam: Coffeeshops and Sex?

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