Museum of Eroticism, Sex museum in Pigalle district, Paris, France.
The Museum of Eroticism was an art museum housed in a former cabaret building with seven floors of exhibitions. Its collection spanned ancient artifacts from India, Japan, and Africa alongside modern artistic works exploring human sexuality.
The museum opened in 1997 within a former Pigalle cabaret venue and operated for nearly two decades. It closed in 2016 when the building's owner chose not to renew the lease agreement.
The collection included a dedicated floor about maisons closes, the regulated brothels that operated in Paris until their closure in 1946.
The museum stood at 72 Boulevard de Clichy in Pigalle, about 100 metres from the Moulin Rouge. Visitors under 16 were not admitted. The building was a former cabaret, and the entrance was on the boulevard side, where a gold figure sculpture stood beside the glazed doors.
The museum screened Polisson et galipettes, a collection of pornographic shorts formerly shown in Parisian maisons closes. The film was presented on the floor devoted to the history of these legal brothels, which operated until their closure in 1946.
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