It closed its doors on November 7, Founded in , the museum was situated in the Pigalle district of Paris, at 72 Boulevard de Clichy. There were five floors, including a basement exhibition. One floor was devoted to maisons closes , the legal brothels of the 19th and early 20th century. The film Polisson et galipettes was shown; it is a collection of pornographic shorts formerly exhibited in the maisons closes.
The upper two floors had revolving exhibitions, mainly of contemporary artists. It was visited by the main character in the novel Merde Actually , the sequel to A Year in the Merde. In , erotic artist Namio Harukawa exhibited "Garden of Domina" at the museum, which featured art of dominatrixes facesitting on submissive males.
After the owner of the building refused to renew the lease, the museum closed to the public on November 7, , and the entire collection was auctioned off. This French museum-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Contents move to sidebar hide.
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