The Museum is entrusted to The Keeper and her proxies, sworn to protect these objects and the stories they preserve for generations to come. The current Keeper, Deborah Sim (above), states:
"Charting sexuality’s cultural origins is not easy, with clues often locked away in old documents or institutions, their truth deemed too subversive at the time. The Museum of Sex Objects’ mission is to bring history's blind spots into the light."
As part of that mission, The Keeper will be holding daily tours of the Museum’s realms, where she will:
● Guide you along the Museum's cobbled pathways to discover its origins with Lady Sexburga
● Share the Fallen Sisterhood's tragic tales and the perilous passions of the Haunted Feminine
● Bring to life the peccadilloes of the people celebrated in Ode to Perversion
● Take you through the clandestine rendezvous of A Space of Peril - the dangerous public spaces where gay men found each other in the days before Grindr – from the 18th Century Molly Houses to cottaging in the public toilets of the 20th Century
● Celebrate the people, places and objects that inspire the museum’s Makers to this day, represented on the Wall of Sexual Heroes
Tours are from Wednesday-Sunday until 29th September. Spaces are limited. Tours are free, but donations are appreciated. I do urge you to Take the tour and donate what you can!
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