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NRW-Forum Opens ‘Sex Now’ in Düsseldorf With 18+ Entry and Strict Conduct Rules

Organizers present it as an educational, sex-positive program under legal vetting with strict conduct rules.

Overview

  • The exhibition opened on September 5 and runs through May 3, 2026, with admission limited to adults who must show ID and pass a turnstile.
  • Curators coordinated with the public prosecutor’s office and police, and the museum bans public undressing, masturbation, and sex on the exhibition floor.
  • Roughly 400 objects span art, design, and commercial sex culture, including Peaches’ “Fleshie Fountain,” a PorYes-curated porn cinema, and a dedicated “Sexual Wellness” room.
  • Interactive features include stations testing knowledge about sexual myths and a virtual sex-and-love simulator by 3-D artist Miyö Van Stenis.
  • The museum set up an awareness concept and events series as it fields intense reactions, including hate mail and reports of some supervisory staff declining shifts for religious reasons, with opening-night visitors describing heavy turnout and varied impressions.