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Article: X-rated museum showcases steamy scholarship.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2002
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Byline: Stevenson Swanson
NEW YORK_New York's newest museum is a discreet affair, the architectural equivalent of a plain brown wrapper.
The windows facing Fifth Avenue are opalescent to discourage peepers, and the entrance is around the corner on a side street, so museum visitors can slip in and out without attracting stares.
Tasteful lettering at knee-level reveals that behind these milk-white windows is a place devoted to the birds and bees. But this isn't a natural history museum. It's the Museum of Sex.
"Sex is wonderful, and it's here to stay," purrs a former stripper on the museum's audioguide. "I guarantee it."
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