Miami officially has its own Museum of Sex. Here’s what (adults only) can expect
Let’s talk about it: Miami officially is home to The Museum of Sex.
The adults-only destination already has had a flagship in Manhattan since 2002. But the new Magic City facility is bigger and better, says founder Dan Gluck — and that’s no double entendre.
“We have ceiling-height restrictions there,” he said, leading a tour of the massive two-level 32,000-square-foot Allapattah outpost. “At this location, the possibilities were endless. It’s wide open.”
Part art gallery, part X-rated fairgrounds, the MoSex really has something for everyone. Everyone who happens to be over 18 and open minded, that is.
Be warned, the majority of installations, as well as the pornographic films shown in two theaters, are NSFW. Meaning if you post any racy pics on your social media, you may get your account suspended for a few days.
OK, there are a few PG-13 things to see in the sprawling converted warehouse, which used to be a Miami Herald distribution center(yes!).
One of the exhibitions is a room full of mechanical temptresses behind glass from Japan’s famed illustrator/cyborg sculpture artist Hajime Sorayama. The groundbreaking super-realist’s futuristic designs of “fembots” were such a hit over the years, they ended up influencing such sci fi thrillers as 1987 ‘s “Robocop” and 2014’s “Ex Machina.” The MoSex’s current show is an AI enthusiast’s dream.
Prude alert: Probably the most graphic selfie spot is “Desire Machines,” a hall of Sorayama paintings that would make an OnlyFans model blush. Expect to witness naked folks engaging in various positions of intercourse. You’ll walk out feeling as if you crashed a swinger’s party.
There’s also an educational retrospective of “sexual health products,” from the 1920s up to present day co-created by “Fifty Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson.
“Guiding visitors through each decade, the exhibition showcases how popular culture, discourse, packaging, and advertisements around sexual health have been debated, experimented with, and controlled for 100 years,” reads the description of “Modern Sex: 100 Years of Design and Decency.”
The can’t-miss highlight of this wildly playful place is “Super Funland: Journey into the Erotic Carnival.”
Presiding over this immersive meets interactive experience is a giant female sculpture, an homage to the 1958 sci-fi classic “Attack of the 50-foot Woman.” Yes, you have to walk under her legs to enter and no, she isn’t wearing any underwear.
Once you’ve passed, her, um, pearly gates, an LED-lit arcade for the senses awaits.
The centerpiece is Merlandia, inspired by Salvador Dali’s “Dream of Venus” pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Inside a rococo-esque mermaid tank, “sirens” do a burlesque routine choreographed by Martha Graham dancer Katherine Crockett, of NYC’s infamous “Queen of the Night” show. This ain’t Wreck Bar.
You can also jump in a bouncy castle full of inflatable boobs; ride a fetish-y mechanical bull, aka Rawhide; play whack-a-mole in a faux bathhouse stall; stroll through a kaleidoscopic love tunnel; get your fortune told by RuPaul; and even have your privates sized and officially certified (men only). A bar off to the side, Lollipop Lounge, serves up liquid courage.
So, do all these titillating activities sound like your type of entertainment? Gluck pretty much guarantees you’ll have a spectacular time.
The native New Yorker, who relocated to Pinecrest with his family last year, thinks the 305 makes the perfect spot for this type of venue.
“We took the vision we had for New York to a much more grand level and larger scale in Allapattah,” he says. “I think we found a metropolitan city where we could achieve that. It’s made sense for us as a great base, I love it here.”
Gluck adds that we have the ideal audience because locals are “savvy but authentic” and can appreciate cultural offerings of this nature. Heck, Miami Beach has already had World Erotic Art Museum for almost 20 years, so we’re not total pearl clutchers down here.
“Miami has great energy, with an international feel and flavor,” says the former software exec. “There are a mix of communities who are very open to experiential and artistic spaces like Superblue and the like. The creative environment allows us to do more imaginative things, and we’re very excited to expand on that.”
THE MUSEUM OF SEX
Where: 2200 NW 24th Ave., Miami, 786-206-9210.
Hours: Thursday 1 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday 1 p.m.-12 a.m., Saturday 1 p.m.-12 a.m., Sunday 1 p.m.-10 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tickets: From $29, www.museumofsex.com
