Vagina museum

The Vagina Museum is a museum in London, UK that opened in October 2019. The museum's founder, Florence Schechter, hopes that the museum exhibits will create discussion and curb inhibitions around gynecology.

When interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation (CBC) the founder noted:

Yeah. So we put on what is essentially a vulva suit. It was like a dress-up costume where it turns your whole body into a vulva and your head is the clitoris. It was a lot of fun. Very warm.

It is notable that this is anatomically incorrect as the clitoris is a large organ that extends well into the female body. It would be more accurate to say that when wearing the suit the wearers head would be the head of the clitoris.

During the same CBC interview the founder noted:

Yes exactly. Yeah. The name was quite difficult, because the museum is going to be about everything from the ovaries and the uterus, to the clitoris and the labia and everything in between. So the most accurate sort of name would actually be the Gynecological Museum.

But obviously, that sounds super gross. Like who would go to that, except like, medical students? So we were trying to think, "What can we use that's actually accessible?"

This is a strange position to take given that the stated aim of the museum is to curb inhibitions around gynaecology.

External Links

• CBC