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Museum of Eroticism (French: Musée de l'érotisme) was a
sex museum A sex museum is a museum that displays erotic art, historical sexual aids, and documents on the history of erotica. They were popular in Europe at the end of the 1960s and during the 1970s, the era of the sexual revolution. Since the 1990s, these ...
in
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
devoted to the
erotic art Erotic art is a broad field of the visual arts that includes any Work of art, artistic work intended to evoke Sexual arousal, erotic arousal. It usually depicts human nudity or sexual activity, and has included works in various visual mediums, ...
collections of antique dealer Alain Plumey and French teacher Jo Khalifa. It closed its doors on November 7th, 2016. Founded in 1997, the museum was situated in the
Pigalle Pigalle may refer to: Places ;Paris, France *Quartier Pigalle, an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements *Place Pigalle, public square in the Quartier Pigalle at the foot of the Montmartre ...
district of Paris, at ''72 Boulevard de Clichy''. The collection ranged from the ancient religious art of
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,
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and
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right up to
contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
with an erotic focus. There were five floors, including a basement exhibition. One floor was devoted to ''
maisons closes Maisons (French for "houses") is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: * Maisons, Aude, in the Aude department * Maisons, Calvados, in the Calvados department, Normandy * Maisons, Eure-et-Loir, in the Eure-et-Loir department ...
'', the legal brothels of the 19th and early 20th century. The film '' Polisson et galipettes'' was shown; it is a collection of pornographic shorts formerly exhibited in the ''maisons closes''. The upper two floors had revolving exhibitions, mainly of contemporary artists. It was visited by the main character in the novel ''Merde Actually'', the sequel to ''
A Year in the Merde ''A Year in the Merde'' is a comic novel by Stephen Clarke first published in 2004 under the pen name Paul West. In later editions, the author's real identity was revealed. In France, the book title is ''God save la France''. Paul West is in ...
''.A Nice Mix of Art, History and Sex
, ''Metropole Paris'', 16 January 2004 In 2013, erotic artist Namio Harukawa exhibited "Garden of Domina" at the museum, which featured art of dominatrixes
facesitting Facesitting, also known as queening or kinging, is a sexual practice with one partner sitting over the other's face, sometimes allowing for oral–genital or oral–anal contact. The sitting partner may face in either direction. The position a ...
on submissive males.


Gallery

Paris 2014 Collections érotisme 02.jpg, Multiple objects related to sexuality with five pieces of pottery from ancient Greece Eroticmuseumparis1.jpg, A miniature erotic scene at the museum Eroticmuseumparis2.jpg, A phallic
carving Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it, and ...
on display at The Erotic Museum, Paris File:Musée de l'érotisme-anciennes Photos.jpg, Erotic Photos


See also

* List of museums in Paris * List of sex museums


References


External links


Museum website
Museums established in 1998 Museums in Paris Sex museums Buildings and structures in the 18th arrondissement of Paris Prostitution in Paris {{France-museum-stub