The Museum of Sex, NYC

I just got back from a trip to NYC! It was lovely and I had an absolute blast with my friend London.

One of the stops we made was to the Museum of Sex. It was an interesting place, definitely one of the highlights.

The entrance is their store, filled with magnets, condoms, and books. There is a leather pillow with a cock impression on it, which I thought would be pretty sweet but actually seemed poorly made. I ended up getting some plates with some sex pin-up silhouettes on it, and London got a condom lollypop and some little touristy things. The books were many and varied, though I didn't see anything I particularly wanted. The sex toy selection was minimal, but that was alright. Their shirts, which I would have loved to have purchased, just weren't cool or clever enough to warrant. Disappointed in that.

We got our tickets and moved into the first exhibition, which was on moving image. Basically, three rooms filled with tv screens streaming porn, intimate scenes in movies, sexy commercials, and what have you. It was fascinating (yes, I read all the captions) and rather exciting to be in a room filled with people, watching people fuck. It was like an orgy that wasn't happening. There were some rambunctious people making light of the situation, but most seemed to be enjoying it on a scholarly level. No boners walking around, but I was feeling the effects of things pretty quickly. Being in public, of course, I just walked on to continue reading...

The next exhibition was all about condoms, or rubbers as they are also called. It was also pretty interesting and quite informative. Displays of all the packaging, histories, a long movie from Trojan on all the fun things they do to make sure you don't get spermies running rampant. They had a nice section on STIs which was a mood-killer.

There was a room filled with sex dolls, outfits, and fine art. Drawings by picasso, nude photography, and other things. Writings by burlesque dancers and French postcards. It was a nice collection. Some of the dolls you could touch... I refrained. They also had a bunch on Hentai and all that anime stuff, along with some robots. Some leather suits and latex. Some hot, some not.

The last exhibition was on the sex lives of animals, which was just plain creepy. But interesting as well. They had all about the bonobo monkeys, dolphins, animal masturbation, duck necrophilia, and so on. Sculptures of dolphins sticking their penises in their blowholes, and that weird thing with the three deer all mounting each other. Sex is so free in the animal world...

So, that was fun. I wonder if there are any other sex museums around; I should go visit them all!