Vagina Museum

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World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy. Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/ Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum Donate: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/donate

Pubic Service Announcement The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be. Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.

📢 Call for Submissions 📢 Lip Service Issue 6 is on the shelf, which means it’s time to start work on Issue 7. We’re so excited to see what you come up with for the next theme: On Ageing.

📢 Public Cervix Announcement 📢 We got hacked today! If you received an email from info(at)vaginamuseum today with an invite to a networking event, please ignore. It has been reported and security measures have been taken. We apologise for any confusion caused.

What’s your Kegel Face? Our Pelvic Appeal is well and truly underway, and we are keen to encourage and challenge you to learn more about your pelvic floor. See our last post about how to find the muscles we’re talking about. Have you been doing your pelvic floor exercises*?

Graphic depicting a chihuahua with its eyes closed and a somewhat stern expression on its face. Above the dog, against a bright fuschia background, is the question: 'What's your kegel face?' There is a pale blue illustration of a face emerging upside down from the top right of the page and a 'swipe more' arrow in the bottom right.A photograph of a white femme presenting person, with pink hair and makeup, holding up a frame in the shape of a pink, purple, and fuzzy vulva. Their head pokes through a hole at the top of the vulva, as if it were the clitoris. The expression on their face is coy, mouth pursed and eyes glancing to the side.A photograph of a light-skinned person with short hair holding up a frame in the shape of a pink, purple, and fuzzy vulva. Their head pokes through a hole at the top of the vulva, as if it were the clitoris. The expression on their face is very serious.A photograph of a white person in polka dot jeans holding up a frame in the shape of a pink, purple, and fuzzy vulva. Their head pokes through a hole at the top of the vulva, as if it were the clitoris. They have a sticker that says 'I found the clitoris' on their forehead and a steely expression on their face.

Too hot to exercise in this heat 🔥🥵? What if there was one exercise you could do without breaking a sweat 💦, and one that could make a real difference to your core strength and stability… Welcome to your Pelvic Floor!!

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Happy Father's Day to all dads and daddies with the gynaecological anatomy. We don't just mean trans men here. There are multiple medical cases studies of cis men who have fathered children and later been discovered to have gynae organs, so happy Father's Day to you too masto.ai/@vagina_muse...

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In 2014, a 70 year old cis man who had fathered four children went to hospital in Kashmir with an inguinal hernia. Everything about him and his life had so far been ordinary - except that the hernia t...

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EVENTS ROUND UP Well, firstly, remember we've got new opening hours to make the most of that precious British daylight. From 3rd June, we are open Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm to 7pm. Come inside and get out of the heat this summer!🌞🔥

Back to the point about what non-tourist things to do in London. Going to the Vagina Museum is a great option. Queer, informative, interesting, and fun. Plus a cute gift shop and you can become a member and support them. Who doesn't want to be part of the cliterati?!

Vagina Museum@vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This year we’re having a promotion throughout the whole month. Every purchase over £20 will include a free large pride flag sticker. And if you're looking for something queer to do, remember we're open Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm to 7pm — completely FREE.

The hole Vagina Museum team wishes you a very Flappy Pride Month! The Vagina Museum has been loudly, proudly and unequivocally queer since our inception. We hope you have the queerest, loudest and proudest month possible.

In our current exhibition on menopause we ask visitors to consider the language used to describe menopause. Language matters, it reflects and reinforces stereotypes entwined with misogyny, ageism, ableism. How might we rethink our language? How can we reclaim the language of menopause?

Photograph of a display board attached to a magnetic wall. There are individual magnets with different adjectives on them visible around the board. The display board reads: 

The language of menopause

Language matters. There are many negative stereotypes about menopause, entwined with misogyny, ageism and ableism.

How can we rethink our language? On the magnets are words relating to these themes. Some are positive, some are negative, some are neutral. The way we use words can change their meaning. Put some together to describe a menopause journey on your terms.

This Thursday we'll be recognising World Menstrual Health Day alongside Free to Bleed. Some key facts: 🩸 Around the world, 1.8 billion people menstruate every month. 🩸 In the UK, 2 million girls miss a day of school each month because of their period

What do you wish you had known before you had your first period? Across the world menstruation continues to be shrouded in stigma, shame, and silence. Millions of children face their menarche without knowing what it is, why it’s happening, what it’s called, or what to do.

Text boxes over a photograph of the gallery. The text boxes read:
What do you wish you had known before you started your period?

"It’s the most normal thing ever and it’s totally okay to ask your friends and even strangers for sanitary products"

"How to advocate for myself, that it’s not shameful, that fainting and the pain are not normal"

"How it all worked and how I could live with it not against it."

"That debilitating pain was not normal. That having migraines every month and having to crawl to the bathroom cause walking was impossible due to cramps, was not normal. It took me over 20 years to learn this."

"Being from rural, catholic Ireland; my mother grew up to be ashamed of her period so I wish I wasn’t so embarrassed"

Happy International Day of the Midwife! The word "midwife" is gender neutral. It says nothing about the gender of the midwife. It comes from the Middle English "mid", meaning "with" and "wif" meaning woman - so the word "midwife" describes the person being *with* the "wife".

On this day in 1851, the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace was opened by Queen Victoria. So let's talk about the revolutionary toilets in the building, because we love talking about lavs and how people peed in the past...

Despite our best efforts, multiple crises in the arts and charitable sector, and the ongoing patriarchal stance on inclusiveness mean that the Vagina Museum continues to struggle. We are having to have serious conversations about our long-term future. And now, more than ever, we need your help...

Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.

All right, some of you sharp-eyed eager beavers spotted the date. Now Australia has gone to bed, we can tell you that drop bears (probably) aren't real. But we didn't make everything up... everything we told you is true for koalas, and most of it applies to *all* marsupials.

Vagina Museum@vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

G'day! Today we're going to take a look at the somewhat unique vaginas of Thylarctos plummetus - commonly called drop bears. These deadly, tree-dwelling Australian animals (so called because of their preferred hunting method of dropping on their prey) are very fascinating down under...

G'day! Today we're going to take a look at the somewhat unique vaginas of Thylarctos plummetus - commonly called drop bears. These deadly, tree-dwelling Australian animals (so called because of their preferred hunting method of dropping on their prey) are very fascinating down under...