Prague's Sex Machines Museum is a big draw. But is it worth the admission fee? This review considers the Sex Machines Museum's pros and cons.
Sex Machines Museum Exhibits
Exhibits in the Sex Machines Museum may intrigue at first. Furniture, clothing, toys, and tools are on display at the Sex Machines Museum. Unfortunately, some of these items are modern-day contraptions that can be ordered online from any adult toy website. Others, while potentially interesting, lack labels to inform the museum visitor of dates or purpose. Some items are accompanied by labels belonging to other objects in the museum.
Walls of the Sex Machines Museum are not wasted space. Hung here are images and descriptions of never-used patents for contraptions that range from the amusing to the gruesome. This is one of the most informative parts of the museum, but the placards' 2D, monochromatic formats cause them to be overshadowed by the hodge-podge collection of modern toys mixed in with legitimate historical objects or reproductions.
The most interesting part of the museum is the shoe worn by Greek prostitutes of the past that created, upon each stride, a "come hither" message in the ground for would-be customers to follow.
Is the Sex Machines Museum Worthwhile?
The Sex Machines Museum is less museum and more indication of entrepreneurial spirit at work in Prague. An admittance fee (about 12 USD) that is hefty considering the museum's lack of detail or real value is collected by cashiers who wield their boredom like a weapon, probably against any potential weirdos. The Sex Machines Museum appears to promise, at the very least, a fun way to spend a few minutes of your time, but you could gawk and ogle at the products offered for sale on your favorite adult toys website - for free - and experience the same level of arousal, unease, amusement, or aversion.
