| Amsterdam has its own collection of museum which | | | | and preference. An interactive section offers visitors |
| can be called normal to bizarre. The museum here is | | | | privacy in one of several small padded booths, with a |
| plentiful and enough for any tourist to pass his/her time. | | | | selection of films playing continuously whilst the display |
| Right on Damrak, Amsterdam's Main Street, one will | | | | of contemporary paintings can be viewed from one of |
| find one of the city's most popular tourist attractions - | | | | three appropriately shaped seven-foot long vibrating |
| the Sex Museum. Filled with curious couples, the | | | | chairs. The museum is certainly worth a visit but not |
| museum has floor after floor of displays which range | | | | for those who are easily offended. |
| from exotic to erotic, historic to hysterical. Once a | | | | Another unusual museum in Amsterdam is the Hash |
| person goes inside the museum he/she will find a great | | | | Marihuana Hemp Museum in Amsterdam. It was |
| collection of erotic art from throughout history and a | | | | opened in 1985 and almost a million interested people |
| number of other entertaining exhibits. There is | | | | have visited this permanent exhibition. Each year, some |
| everything from an extensive collection of literature | | | | 75,000 people from all parts of the world come to this |
| and manuscripts portraying various illustrations of sex | | | | exceptional cultural and knowledge centre at 148 |
| that have popped up throughout history through | | | | Oudezijds Achterburgwal, in the heart of the Red-Light |
| padded booths playing porno films to a gallery of | | | | District. The museum is completely devoted to the |
| alternative sexual fetishes. | | | | cannabis plant and its many uses. The Hash Marihuana |
| To a Dutch person, this is a tactful and scholarly | | | | Hemp Museum is unique in the world, and is much like |
| attempt to portray the history of sexual artwork and | | | | a voyage of discovery that fits perfectly into a tourist |
| sexuality. Amsterdam is a different world it is a curious | | | | visit to Amsterdam. |
| combination of an old European style city, with a very | | | | The scent of genuine cannabis plants welcomes the |
| modern approach towards life. | | | | visitor already when entering the museum. Inside, all |
| The Amsterdam Sex Museum has an extensive | | | | aspects of hash and marihuana are fully explained. |
| international collection of historical erotic and | | | | Like, a photo collection shows how hashish is made in |
| pornographic art, literature and artifacts. The museum | | | | the traditional fashion in Afghanistan. In the Middle East, |
| has an erotic bend with mannequins so arranged so | | | | hash has been a stimulant for centuries. There is a |
| as to titillate, Greek temple devotional items, Japanese | | | | large collection of traditional pipes from all over the |
| carved erotic ivories and antique and modern fetish | | | | world. In addition to all this there is also a collection of |
| wear. | | | | photos, posters, and magazines on the cannabis |
| There is a wide-ranging collection of manuscripts and | | | | culture, ranging from the 19th century to the era of |
| drawings ranging from the Karma Sutra to | | | | jazz and on to the contemporary pop culture. |
| twentieth-century comics and a vast film and | | | | Cannabis lovers can enjoy the museum to their hearts' |
| photographic library proffering every sexual predilection | | | | content. |