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All in the best possible taste If you've come to snigger you may be disappointed. The new breed of sex museum takes its subject seriously. Oliver Bennett picks 10 of the best The Observer Sunday February 9 2003 Last autumn, New York's Museum of Sex opened. It isn't a world first, because such museums have proliferated across Europe since Amsterdam's Venus Temple opened in 1985. Indeed, bidding for Polynesian penis sheaths and Ming Dynasty dildos must now be fierce at the world's auction rooms. But New York's museum is one of a new breed of culturally savvy sex storehouses. Last year, Australia gained its first sex museum, which is similarly high-minded. So where is Britain's sex museum? German porn baroness Beate Uhse had hoped to open a branch of her Berlin version here, but then she died. Now Daniel Gluck, director of New York's Museum of Sex, says he has an eye on London. But perhaps we need a local entrepreneur: possibly someone unemployed, who understands our peculiarly smutty approach to the subject. How about the Hamiltons, or Prince Edward? Or, better still, the star of the 'Confessions' films, Robin Askwith? Meanwhile, here is a selection of the world's best sex museums (beware: surfing these sites may be inadvisable at the office.) [ 本帖最后由 jasonnewman 于 2007-7-31 00:25 编辑 ] |
