TOopen for only a month Museum of Sex in Miami will propose his first exhibition entitled Modern Sex, 100 Years Of Design And Decency, an excursus that explores the last 100 years of distribution of sexual wellness products. Open in the last two months exclusively for a few guests, from today it will be open to the entire public.
Museum of sex, inaugurates the first exhibition
In a world where everything runs fast, even sex has had to adapt and today with dating apps it seems easier to get to know each other: I see, I click, I choose and off I go. But has all this technology led to experiencing sex in a more free and casual way or is it still a taboo? The exhibition itinerary of the Miami exhibition winds right through a chronological survey of sexual wellness productsfrom sex toys to medical devices, on their development and what they have been like publicized and censored over the last hundred years.
Dakota Johnson among the organizers
The exhibition was created in collaboration with Maude, a toys and sexual wellness brand whose creative co-director is Dakota Johnson, actress of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” saga: «Supporting gender equality even for sexual wellness products has been a central part of my work. The objective is to reduce the stigma and taboos that they still have in our society” declared the protagonist of the cult film.
Modern Sex: 100 Years of Design and Decency is the first exhibition of the Miami Museum of Sex to open to the public (www.museumofsex.com)
Sexual well-being from the 1920s to today
Modern Sex explores cultural debates and the social impact of the marketing and distribution of sexual health products from the 1920s to today. On display are artefacts, toys, advertising, healthcare tools, packaging and extracts from works by thinkers such as Shere Hite, a feminist sexologist.
The Miami Sex Museum
The second one opened its doors on December 1, 2023 Museum of Sex, an institution founded twenty years ago in New York and dedicated to the exploration of the history, evolution and cultural meaning of human sexuality, all objectives that will also characterize the new museum. Thanks to a reconversion project, almost three thousand square meters of a former warehouse they now house three large exhibition galleries, commercial spaces and a bar. Among the experiences offered by the new Museum, Super Funland: Journey into the Erotic Carnivala sort of funfair that makes fun of sexuality, a permanent installation with games, activities and shows.
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