Musee de l'Erotisme - Paris, France
Opened in 1998, the museum is owned and run by Alain Plumey and Joseph Khalifa. Both men refurbished an old cabaret house in order to display their 30-year collection of erotic artefacts. The local government authorities welcomed the museum as a new tourist attraction that would help revive the run-down area of Pigalle. "We take sex seriously in France and it's about time we had a museum dedicated to it," one council member is reported to have said. The museum's large window's display a number of risque items, including a mechanised cunnilingus chair, but so far there have been no complaints. The collection is spread across seven floors, with the top three floors reserved for temporary art exhibitions. The owners have expressed a desire that their museum become an area to showcase up-and-coming erotic artistes. Apparently the majority of visitors to the Museum of Erotica are women, although plenty of couples also peruse the shelves. Collection Highlights Large collection of artefacts from Africa, India, Japan, China, Indonesia and South America, Japanese pillow books, chastity belts, contemporary erotic sculptures, photos and paintings, interactive exhibits, mechanical wire scupltures, porn movies from the 1900s, major display detailing the lives of the prostitutes of Paris Facts for the Visitor
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Just
up the road from the Moulin Rouge on Boulevard de Clichy in Pigalle,
Paris is the Musee de l'Erotisme - The Museum of Erotica. Located
amid the less savoury businesses of the red light district, the
museum is clean, softly lit and well patronised, mainly by curious
tourists.