Biology:Vagina Museum

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Vagina Museum
Vagina Museum Logo.jpg
EstablishedMarch 2017
Websitevaginamuseum.co.uk

The Vagina Museum is a project to create the world's first bricks and mortar museum about the gynaecological anatomy.[1][2][3] The project is based in the United Kingdom, but as of 2018 does not have a final fixed location.[4][5][6]

History

The project to create the Vagina Museum was launched when the founder, Florence Schechter, discovered there was a penis museum in Iceland, the Icelandic Phallological Museum, but there was no vagina equivalent.[4]

The Museum's first event, a comedy fundraiser, was held on 19th May 2017[7][8] and was headlined by comedian Hayley Ellis. [9] It has run a number of events since, including participating in a residency with The Mothership Group called Superculture.[10] Events as part of this residency have included a talk called "Vulvanomics" by Emma L. E. Rees, author of The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History, a screening of Teeth (film) followed by a Q&A with Amanda DiGioia, the author of Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts: The Marginalized and the Monstrous[11] and various comedy nights.[12] They have also done events at Limmud Festival 2017[13] and the Royal Institution.[14]

The Museum held its first exhibition in August 2017 in Scotland.[15] It recently announced its first pop up museum called "Is Your Vagina Normal?"[16]

In the 2017 Women Of The Future Awards, Schechter was commended in the arts and culture category for her work with the Vagina Museum.[17]

The permanent museum will have exhibitions on the gynaecological anatomy from science to art to culture.[18][19][20] The museum will be trans-inclusive.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "The World Needs a Vagina Museum". Atlas Obscura. 28 April 2017. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vagina-museum. 
  2. ↑ "Why I'm Opening The World's First Museum Dedicated To Vaginas". http://www.refinery29.uk/2017/09/169513/vagina-museum-london. 
  3. ↑ "Vagina Wissen: Gibt es bald das weltweit ERSTE Vagina-Museum?". https://www.cosmopolitan.de/vagina-wissen-gibt-es-bald-das-weltweit-erste-vagina-museum-79927.html. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "A woman is campaigning to open the world's first vagina museum". 12 April 2017. http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/12/why-this-woman-is-campaigning-to-open-the-worlds-first-vagina-museum-6570119/. 
  5. ↑ "We're scared to ask this, but is it okay to demand a vagina museum?". https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/vagina-museum-penis-museum-iceland-florence-schechter-london-lifest-971011-2017-04-12. 
  6. ↑ "Florence Schechter’s Vagina Museum – Erotic Heritage Museum Las Vegas". https://eroticmuseumvegas.com/florence-schechters-vagina-museum/. 
  7. ↑ "Someone is crowd-funding to create the world's first vagina museum". 25 April 2017. https://www.stylist.co.uk/travel/this-woman-is-crowd-funding-to-create-the-worlds-first-vagina-museum/8079. 
  8. ↑ Thompson, Rachel. "There's a museum for penises, but not for vaginas, yet that could change". https://mashable.com/2017/04/10/vagina-museum/. 
  9. ↑ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Comics raise cash for a vagina museum : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/04/10/36098/comics_raise_cash_for_a_vagina_museum#%3C. 
  10. ↑ "A vagina museum is coming to London". https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/a-vagina-museum-is-coming-to-london-a3618566.html. 
  11. ↑ "a vagina museum is opening - London On The Inside". 23 August 2017. https://londontheinside.com/a-vagina-museum-is-opening/#.WZ6KPPwlFDY.twitter. 
  12. ↑ "What’s happening with The Vagina Museum?". https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/whats-happening-with-the-vagina-museum-083017. 
  13. ↑ "Presenters". https://events.limmud.org/limmud-festival-2017/programme/presenters/S/. 
  14. ↑ "Valentine's Day vaginas". http://www.rigb.org/whats-on/events-2018/february/public-valentines-day-vaginas. 
  15. ↑ "Avec Florence Schechter, au Royaume-Uni un musée du vagin en gestation". 14 January 2018. https://information.tv5monde.com/terriennes/avec-florence-schechter-au-royaume-uni-un-musee-du-vagin-en-gestation-214222. 
  16. ↑ "Discover The Museum That Will Be Dedicated Solely To Vaginas". https://culturacolectiva.com/art/the-vagina-museum-interview-with-founder-florence-schechter/. 
  17. ↑ "2017 - Women of the Future Awards". http://awards.womenofthefuture.co.uk/our-alumni-category/2017/. 
  18. ↑ "This woman wants to create the world’s first Vagina Museum in London and she needs your help". https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/this-woman-wants-to-create-the-worlds-first-vagina-museum-in-london-and-she-needs-your-help-042117. 
  19. ↑ "Vaginas deserve their own museum according to this woman". 29 March 2017. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/vagina-museum-deserve-florence-schechter-women-learn-consent-health-education-equality-penis-iceland-a7655901.html. 
  20. ↑ "This woman is trying to open a vagina museum". 13 April 2017. https://indy100.com/article/vagina-museum-campaign-florence-schechter-amsterdam-7682741. 
  21. ↑ "Meet The Millennial Science YouTuber Who Is Setting Up The World’s First Vagina Museum". https://thedebrief.co.uk/news/real-life/vagina-museum/. 

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