Museum of Sex (MoSex)

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Gramercy & Flatiron

Museum of Sex (MoSex)
Museum of Sex (MoSex)
Photograph: Mark Peterson

Museum of Sex (MoSex)
Photograph: Mark Peterson

Museum of Sex (MoSex)
Museum of Sex (MoSex)
Museum of Sex (MoSex)
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Museum of Sex (MoSex)
Museum of Sex (MoSex)

Museum of Sex (MoSex)

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Time Out says

Mon Feb 22 2010

RECOMMENDED: Museum of Sex (MoSex)

Situated in the former Tenderloin district, which bumped-and-grinded with dance halls and brothels in the 1800s, MoSex explores the subject within a cultural context—but that doesn’t mean some content won’t shock the more buttoned-up visitor. On the ground floor, “Action!,” which screens around 220 clips from more than 150 years of sex on film, includes explicit scenes from such (literally) seminal porn flicks as Deep Throat. Upstairs, highlights of the permanent collection range from the tastefully erotic to the outlandish. Cop a feel of one of the silicone Real Doll torsos. An 1890s anti-onanism device could be confused with the S&M gear, which includes a nine-foot steel-framed love pen donated by a local dominatrix. Also of note are the Depression-era Tijuana Bibles—raunchy comic strips showing well-known characters like Donald Duck as you’ve never seen them before—and sex machines created by keen DIYers, such as the “Monkey Rocker,” constructed from a dildo and excercise equipment (it inspired the device in the Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading). The spacious gift shop is stocked with books and arty sex toys, and aphrodisiac elixers are served in a new café.

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Address:
Museum of Sex (MoSex) 233 Fifth Ave
Gramercy & Flatiron
New York

Cross Street:
at 27th St
Phone:
212-689-6337
Website:
museumofsex.com
Opening hours:
Mon–Thu, Sun 10am–8pm; Fri, Sat 10am–9pm
Transport:
Subway: N, R, 6 to 28th St
Price:
$17.50, seniors and students $15.25, children under 18 not admitted
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1. Museum of Sex (MoSex)
  - 233 Fifth Ave
    Gramercy & Flatiron
    New York
  - 212-689-6337
  - museumofsex.com
  - 40.744029,-73.987350

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Kids facilities. Changing tables. Stroller-friendly. Accessible facilities. Wheelchair access
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Dating. Date night. Feed your brain. Going solo. History buffs. Mood. Chill. Off the beaten path. Quirky. Take a tourist

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"Universe of Desire"

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MoSex explores sexual habits on the Internet, with an exhibit that documents desires and fetishes through Google searches. The study of digital behavior includes self-portraits by photographer Natacha Merritt, a collage of user-submitted O-faces and an...

Thu May 23
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"The Sex Lives of Animals"

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Think Homo sapiens are the only ones whose hanky-panky isn’t just for baby-making? Think again! This exhibition explores the raunchy side of our furry friends with everything from kissing to masturbation to oral sex and beyond.

Thu May 23
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Museum of Sex (MoSex) 233 Fifth Ave, (at 27th St), New York
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"My Life Ruined by Sex: The Works of William Kent"

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Artist William Kent (1919–2012), whose sexually informed works were censored in the mid-'60s, has his prints, slates and sculptures shown in NYC for the first time in five decades.

"My Life Ruined by Sex: The Works of William Kent"

Thu May 23
– Sun Jul 14
Museum of Sex (MoSex) 233 Fifth Ave, (at 27th St), New York
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icon set Mon Sep 17 2012
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Went in August 2012. It probably wasn't their fault, but half of the space had no A/C. More importantly, they need quality control. There were multiple misspellings in the displays, and Jennifer Beals was identified in a movie clip as Jessica Beals. How old are these people writing the text? The feel of the museum was neither professional nor fun and whimsy as you would expect. However, the exhibit on same-sex and other animal behavior was informative.

David Milkes Wed Aug 15 2012
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Hi! Please send me Museum of Sex postcards , poster . My adress: 443023 Samara Russia promushlennocti 277a- 15 Yakovlev Alexander. Thank you !

Yakovlev Tue Jun 19 2012
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Yes, the midtown museum is good for Sexual arousal. But now days there are so many sex sites are avail in internet. I was trying http://www.pornme.me. Once i would like to visit the MoSex

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