Erotic Heritage Museum review
The Erotic Heritage Museum’s gallery guide is where I’d start if I wanted to see how it puts erotic art in context. The Las Vegas museum uses objects, printed material and installations to tell different stories. I’d read the entries for the Forbidden Gallery and the Weimar exhibition side by side because both look at who gets to decide what can be shown.
Follow censorship through two exhibits
The first level of the Forbidden Gallery includes publications and artwork that once drew objections or were suppressed. *Sex & The Weimar Republic* focuses on 1920s Germany, including nightlife, performance and the persecution that followed. I’d start with that exhibition in the guide if I wanted the history of a place, then read about the individual objects and media in the Forbidden Gallery.
Find out what the museum preserves
The Whittington Library section describes a collection of rare books, journals, photographs and manuscripts on the history of sexuality. For an old film I could identify by title, I’d start with the American Genre Film Archive and check which source was used for the home-video edition. The museum’s online guide gives me a way to choose among physical exhibits and see which kinds of materials the collection preserves.
Anabel’s take
The Weimar exhibition is the one I’d read about first. For an in-person visit, I’d check the museum’s current rules before setting out. Admission is for adults aged 18 and over, and the museum can ask for government-issued photo ID.