List of sex museums

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• The first sex museum in China opened in 1999 in the center of Shanghai; in 2001 it moved to the outskirts of the city. It was variously called "Museum of Ancient Chinese Sex Culture" or "Dalin Cultural Exhibition" after its founder, sexologist Dr. Liu Dalin. In early 2004 it moved again, to Tong Li, and is now known as the China Sex Museum, with over three thousand erotic artifacts.[http://travel.discovery.com/news/afp/20031006/shanghai.html Travel Channel – Error] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051118001916/http://travel.discovery.com/news/afp/20031006/shanghai.html |date=2005-11-18 }}[http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/CSM/index.htm China Sex Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050818124300/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/CSM/index.htm |date=2005-08-18 }}
• The Antarang Museum, India's first sex museum, opened in Mumbai in 2002. It eventually shut down due to a lack of business.{{Cite web |last=Rathod |first=Shreya |date=2022-12-15 |title=There Was Once A Sex Museum In India |url=https://curlytales.com/there-was-once-a-sex-museum-in-india/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Curly Tales |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112014116/https://curlytales.com/there-was-once-a-sex-museum-in-india/ |url-status=live }}
• South Korea's first sex museum, Asia Eros Museum, opened in the Insadong neighborhood in Seoul in 2003. The museum has since closed.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2934948.stm | work=BBC News | title=Sex museum opens in Seoul | date=May 24, 2003 | access-date=May 23, 2010 | first=Caroline | last=Gluck | archive-date=January 29, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129103834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2934948.stm | url-status=live }} After a five-year legal battle, private collector Kim Whan Bae opened the Museum of Sex and Health in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, in March 2006.{{cite news | url=http://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1227 | work=The Jeju Weekly | title=Sex museum seeks to educate, not to shame | date=February 6, 2011 | access-date=October 12, 2020 | first=Christian | last=Yetter | archive-date=October 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011175007/http://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1227 | url-status=live }}
• Love Land Park on Jeju Island, South Korea, opened in 2004. It is an outdoor sculpture park focused on a theme of sex, running sex education films, and featuring 140 sculptures representing humans in various sexual positions.
• Love Land was a planned sex museum in China, but construction was suspended by the Chinese government.{{Cite web |date=2009-05-18 |title=Sexually explicit theme park torn down |url=https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/sexually-explicit-theme-park-torn-down-20090518-b81c.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=2024-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112012858/https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/sexually-explicit-theme-park-torn-down-20090518-b81c.html |url-status=live }}
• In Japan, there are many sex museums called Hihokan across the country. They are located in amusement centers in popular sightseeing spots or destination spa resorts, and are usually run by individuals, not by organizations. They date back to the 1960s–70s; more recently such amusement resorts for older men have declined, and most sex museums closed in the 1990s-2000s.{{cite web|url=http://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/atami/atami.html|title=熱海秘宝館|website=www.chowchow.gr.jp|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929063604/https://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/atami/atami.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/kinugawa/kinu.html|title=鬼怒川秘宝殿|website=www.chowchow.gr.jp|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929083247/https://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/kinugawa/kinu.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/toba/tobaj.html|title=鳥羽SF未来館|website=www.chowchow.gr.jp|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929081012/https://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/toba/tobaj.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/ise/ise.html|title=元祖国際秘宝館|website=www.chowchow.gr.jp|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611093852/https://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/ise/ise.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/beppu/index.html|title=別府秘宝館|website=www.chowchow.gr.jp|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929072956/https://www.chowchow.gr.jp/inova/beppu/index.html|url-status=live}}

• The small National Museum of Erotica in Canberra opened in 2001. The museum closed soon after, although the collection continued to grow.{{cite web|title=National Museum of Erotica|url=http://www.bodypolitics.com.au/bpmuseum.html|website=Body politics home page|access-date=28 August 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714081613/http://bodypolitics.com.au/bpmuseum.html|url-status=live}}
• The Museum of Erotic Art opened in 2021.{{Cite web |last=de Crespigny |first=Alex |date=10 December 2021 |title=Australia’s first Museum of Erotic Art Opens its Doors |url=https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/australias-first-museum-of-erotic-art |website=manyofmany.com |access-date=12 November 2024 |archive-date=12 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112013242/https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/australias-first-museum-of-erotic-art |url-status=live }}

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• Sexmuseum Amsterdam opened in 1985.
• The Schwules Museum in Berlin opened in 1985 and was the world's first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.{{cite news |author=Sara Richards |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/nprberlinblog/2010/02/schwules_museum.html |title=Berlin's Schwules Museum, Exploring The Past And Present |work=NPR |date=17 February 2010 |accessdate=11 November 2024 |archive-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223213824/http://www.npr.org/blogs/nprberlinblog/2010/02/schwules_museum.html |url-status=live }}
• The Museum of Eroticism in Paris opened in 1997 and closed in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.musee-erotisme.com|title=Document sans nom|website=www.musee-erotisme.com|access-date=21 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625191020/http://musee-erotisme.com/|archive-date=25 June 2017}}
• The Erotic Art Museum near the Reeperbahn in Hamburg opened in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.eroticartmuseum.de/|title=Erotic Art Museum Hamburg|website=www.eroticartmuseum.de|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125053209/http://www.eroticartmuseum.de/|url-status=live}}
• The Beate Uhse Erotic Museum in Berlin opened in 1996 and closed in 2014. It claimed to be "the world's largest erotic museum".{{cite web |url=http://www.berlin.de/museumsfuehrer/00037.html |title=Beate Uhse Erotik-Museum |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828182028/http://www.berlin.de/museumsfuehrer/00037.html |archive-date=28 August 2005 |url-status=unfit}}
• The Museum Erotica in Copenhagen opened in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.museum-erotica.dk/|title=Museum-Erotica|website=Museum Erotica|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727173713/http://www.museum-erotica.dk/|url-status=live}} It was closed in 2009 due to financial problems.
• The Museo de la Erotica in Barcelona opened in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.erotica-museum.com/|title=Erotic Museum of Barcelona|website=www.erotica-museum.com|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104172511/http://www.erotica-museum.com/|url-status=live}}
• The first Russian sex museum opened in 2004 in Saint Petersburg; it claims to exhibit the preserved penis of Rasputin.{{cite web|url=http://www.waytorussia.net/news/2004-04/russian-sex-museum.html|title=The First Russian Sex Museum will Exhibit Rasputin's Penis|date=7 August 2009|website=waytorussia.net|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231508/https://waytorussia.net/news/2004-04/russian-sex-museum.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rasputin-was-poisoned-shot-beaten-and-drowned-but-did-his-penis-survive |title=Rasputin Was Poisoned, Shot, Beaten, and Drowned. But Did His Penis Survive? |author=Kristin Winet |date=24 June 2015 |access-date=14 October 2019}} However, experts are divided about the truth of this claim and it’s not scientifically proven to be his. It was allegedly sold to the museum in 1977 by Rasputin’s lion-tamer daughter, Maria.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/21/grigori-rasputin-myths-busted-murder-height-and-where-is-his-penis-14115851/|title=Rasputin myths busted: Murder, height, and where is his penis?|date=October 28, 2021|website=Metro|access-date=January 13, 2024|archive-date=January 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113133952/https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/21/grigori-rasputin-myths-busted-murder-height-and-where-is-his-penis-14115851/|url-status=live}}
• While not specifically a sex museum, the National Archaeological Museum in Naples opened its extensive collection of historic erotic art in its Secret Cabinet to the public in 2000. Most of the exhibits are from Greek and Roman times, and many were recovered from nearby Pompeii.{{cite news | url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/arts/08/01/erotic.art/ | work=CNN | title=Naples museum exposes public to ancient erotica | access-date=May 23, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518082231/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/arts/08/01/erotic.art/ | archive-date=May 18, 2009 }}
• The Museo d'Arte Erotica in Venice, devoted to the city's erotic history and showing historical and contemporary erotic art, opened in February 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.museodarteerotica.it|title=museodarteerotica.it|website=www.museodarteerotica.it|access-date=21 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722042639/http://www.museodarteerotica.it/|archive-date=22 July 2011}} and closed after being open for less than seven months.{{cite web|title=Erotic museum reaches anti-climax|url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/erotic-museum-reaches-anti-climax|website=Italy Magazine|date=12 December 2006}}
• The Secretum, or Cupboard 55, was a secret collection containing erotic objects at the British Museum in London.
• The Sex Machines Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, contains "an exposition of mechanical erotic appliances, the purpose of which is to bring pleasure and allow extraordinary and unusual positions during intercourse." On display in the museum are "more than 200 objects and mechanical appliances on view, a gallery of art with erotic themes, a cinema with old erotic films, erotic clothing and many other items related to human sexuality.{{cite web|url=http://www.sexmachinesmuseum.com/en_page.html |title=SexMachinesMuseum |publisher=SexMachinesMuseum |date=1997-02-26 |access-date=2013-06-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523070636/http://www.sexmachinesmuseum.com/en_page.html |archive-date=2013-05-23 }}
• The first erotic museum in Lithuania opened in Kaunas on 13 July 2009.
• Athens's first sex museum, "Kama Sutra: the World Museum of Erotic Art", opened in 2012.{{cite web|title=Ανακοινωση – Αναγγελια Πολιτιστικου Γεγονοτος |url=http://www.eroticamuseum.gr/index2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222221524/http://www.eroticamuseum.gr/index2.html |archive-date=22 February 2012 |website=Erotica Museum |location=Greece |language=el |trans-title=Notice – Announcement of a Cultural Event |url-status=dead |quote=Ιδρύθηκε και άρχισε να λειτουργεί το παγκόσμιο Μουσείο Ερωτικής Τέχνης "Καμα Σουτρα", επί της οδού Καποδιστρίου 44 στην πλατεία Βάθης από 12/2/12. [The World Museum of Erotic Art "Kama Sutra" was founded and started to operate, on 44 Kapodistriou Street in Vathis Square from 12/2/12.]}}
• Moscow's first sex museum, named "Tochka G" ('G Spot') opened in 2011.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jul/12/moscow-sex-museum | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Art and design, Art (visual arts only), World news, Russia (News), Life and style, Sex (Life & style), Culture, South and Central Asia (News) | date=July 12, 2011}}
• The Erotic Museum in Warsaw, the first sex museum in Poland, opened in 2011 with over 2,000 exhibits. It reveals the erotic fascinations of artists from all continents.{{in lang|en}} {{cite web |url=http://muzeumerotyki.com/index.php?lang=en |title=Museum history |work=muzeumerotyki.com |access-date=2011-08-27 |archive-date=2011-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930035439/http://muzeumerotyki.com/index.php?lang=en |url-status=live }} The museum closed at the beginning of 2012.
• The Museum of Sexual Cultures opened in Kharkiv in 1999.{{Cite web |last= |title=Музей секса и сексуальных культур мира |url=https://kharkov.moygorod.ua/ru/museum/muzej-seksualnykh-kultur-mira/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Музей секса и сексуальных культур мира |language=ru-UA |archive-date=2022-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409233145/https://kharkov.moygorod.ua/ru/museum/muzej-seksualnykh-kultur-mira/ |url-status=live }}
• The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavík, Iceland, opened in 1997.{{Cite web |last=Pielak |first=Alex |date=2011-07-11 |title=Welcome to Iceland's penis museum – the world's largest collection of all things phallic |url=https://metro.co.uk/2011/07/11/museum-in-iceland-home-to-worlds-biggest-collection-of-penises-74053/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Metro |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512160949/https://metro.co.uk/2011/07/11/museum-in-iceland-home-to-worlds-biggest-collection-of-penises-74053/ |url-status=live }}
• The Vagina Museum in London was established in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Paskett |first=Zoe |date=2019-09-18 |title=World's first Vagina Museum will open in Camden Market this autumn |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/vagina-museum-camden-market-first-exhibition-a4240221.html |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=The Standard |language=en |archive-date=2024-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111025016/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/vagina-museum-camden-market-first-exhibition-a4240221.html |url-status=live }}

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• The Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, Indiana was established in 1947 and merged with Indiana University in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Nietzel |first=Michael |title=The Kinsey Institute Will Remain At Indiana University |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/03/02/kinsey-institute-will-remain-at-indiana-university/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
• The Leather Archives & Museum in Chicago was founded in 1991 by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase as a "community archives, library, and museum of Leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM history and culture."{{cite web |url=https://leatherarchives.org/about/about-the-la-m |title=About the LA&M - Leather Archives & Museum |publisher=Leatherarchives.org |access-date=2019-12-16 |archive-date=2023-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703144039/https://leatherarchives.org/about/about-the-la-m |url-status=dead }}{{Cite journal|last=Ridinger|first=Robert|date=2005|title=Founding of the Leather Archives & Museum|journal=LGBT History, 1988-1992 [serial online]|publisher=LGBT Life with Full Text, EBSCOhost|pages=33–36}}
• The Museum of Sex in New York City opened in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.museumofsex.com/|title=Museum of Sex - NYC|website=MoSEX|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=25 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225161120/http://museumofsex.com/|url-status=live}}
• The Hollywood Erotic Museum in Hollywood opened in January 2004 and closed in 2006.{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Steve |date=2006-05-07 |title=End of an Eros for Hollywood's Erotic Museum |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-07-me-only7-story.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612102754/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-07-me-only7-story.html |url-status=live }}
• The World Erotic Art Museum in Miami Beach opened on October 16, 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.weam.com/|title=WEAM - World Erotic Art Museum - WEAM - World Erotic Art Museum|website=www.weam.com|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=8 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108131408/http://weam.com/|url-status=live}}
• The Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas opened on August 3, 2008.{{cite web|url=https://living-las-vegas.com/2008|title=2008 - Living Las Vegas|website=Living Las Vegas|date=31 December 2008|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218024029/https://living-las-vegas.com/2008/|url-status=live}}
• The Julia C. Bulette Cafe, Saloon, and Red Light Museum in Virginia City, Nevada was a small museum attached to a restaurant in the Comstock Lode boomtown. It is named for Julia Bulette, a local woman who was murdered. It closed in 2020.{{cite web |title=Julia Bulette Red Light Museum (Closed) |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/17111 |website=Roadside America |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613074714/https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/17111 |url-status=live }}
• The Sexploratorium's Educational Sex Museum in Denver, Colorado opened in August 2024.{{Cite web |title=Sex Museum |url=https://www.sexploratoriumdenver.com/museum |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Sexploratorium |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907023739/https://www.sexploratoriumdenver.com/museum |url-status=live }}

• The Museu do Sexo Hilda Furacão opened in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Maria Cruz |first=Márcia |date=2016-06-14 |title=Museu do Sexo resgata memória da zona boêmia de Belo Horizonte |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2016/06/14/interna_gerais,772354/museu-do-sexo-resgata-memoria-da-zona-boemia-de-belo-horizonte.shtml |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR |archive-date=2024-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111025017/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2016/06/14/interna_gerais,772354/museu-do-sexo-resgata-memoria-da-zona-boemia-de-belo-horizonte.shtml |url-status=live }}

• The Vaginamuseum is a virtual museum that launched in 2014.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-13 |title=„Vagina und Penis sind nicht pornografisch“ |url=https://www.jetzt.de/interview/vagina-und-penis-sind-nicht-pornografisch-587195 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=jetzt.de |language=de |archive-date=2024-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111025017/https://www.jetzt.de/interview/vagina-und-penis-sind-nicht-pornografisch-587195 |url-status=live }}

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