World Erotic Art Museum - South Beach, USA
It's the brainchild of 70 year old Naomi Wilzig, who has collected more than 4000 pieces over the past 13 years. It's one of the largest private collections of erotic artifacts in the world and has been valued at ten million dollars. Wilzig was originally a collector of more mundane art until her son asked her to find something risque for his apartment. It began an obsessive search through the US and Europe for anything erotic and artistic. Originally she had trouble communicating her needs to antique dealers, but solved the problem buy hanging a sign around her neck that said "Buying Erotica." "Miss Naomi" has published five books cataloguing her collection (see our book page). She previously kept it all in her apartment until finally deciding to put it on public display. The museum's 12,000 square feet offers a wide variety of artifacts dating from 1000BC to modern times. Curator Eric Singley said: "Like any art, it’s difficult to judge what a good piece of erotic art is – if the concept is to sort of inspire the sexual response in the viewer and there’s also quality in the execution and composition, then it might work…" Collection Highlights Indian Kama Sutra bed, jade dildos, Mapplethorpe photos, chair owned by Catherine the Great, "rocking penis" prop from A Clockwork Orange, Japanese Shunga books. Facts for the Visitor
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Opened
in October 2005, the World Erotic Art Museum in Florida is the third
erotic museum to open in the US.