Join us for a risqué episode about smutty collections! We talk about sexual museum objects, attitudes to pornography and art, bedroom fashion, and erotic museums! (Contains 20% more giggling than usual. May cause blushing in some listeners.) Also tune in for a review of ‘On Sexuality’ and a Dear Jane about imposter syndrome.

00:24 Can collections be a bit naughty? (Spoilers: yes)

03:15 Our experiences of working on ‘smutty’ objects

09:15 What’s smutty in collections anyway?

16:32 Dedicated erotic museums around the world

22:58 How do we archive porn and why is it important?

30:45 Jenny has some weird exhibition ideas

33:38 The endangered ephemera of saucy magazines

35:17 Representation of LGBTQ+ relationships

38:37 Deterioration of modern materials

44:00 Review: ‘On Sexuality’

47:48 Dear Jane

54:11 Catching up after the Museums Association conference

Show Notes:

- Paul Rumsey’s art: https://www.facebook.com/ArtistPaulRumsey/

- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s Roman penis pot: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/roman-soldiers-drank-out-of-this-penis-pot-for-kicks_us_570bd937e4b0836057a1c6bc

- ‘Penises and Caustic Soda’ article: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/jan/27/art-archaeology

- The Secrets of Cupboard 55: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4717695/The-secrets-of-Cupboard-55.html

- British Museum’s Shunga exhibition in 2013/2014: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/shunga.aspx

- List of sex museums: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sex_museums

- Musée de l'érotisme: https://web.archive.org/web/20120803081949/http://www.musee-erotisme.com/en

- The Temple of Venus: http://www.sexmuseumamsterdam.nl

- Playboy Archive: https://www.playboy.com/products/every-issue-ever-the-official-playboy-archive

- The University Library Uncovered - the Truth About the Tower: https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/news/the-university-library-uncovered-the-truth-about-the-tower

- Secrets of Cambridge ‘Porn' Library Revealed: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1578614/Secrets-of-Cambridge-porn-library-revealed.html

- British Museum exhibition reveals saucy side of the ancient world: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/arts.artsnews

- Museum Pride London: https://twitter.com/museumprideldn

- The Attendant film: https://www.isaacjulien.com/projects/the-attendant/ and http://www.ttv-i.net/?p=1696

- On Sexuality - Collecting Everybody’s Experience: https://museumsetc.com/products/on-sexuality?variant=1260652100

- Festival of Change 2018: https://www.museumsassociation.org/news/08082018-festival-of-change-belfast-2018

- The Vagina Museum: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/

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