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