Sexmuseum Amsterdam men to the Romans’ insatiable appetite for sex, visitors will learn how sex was viewed throughout history, and this includes the repressive Middle Ages. http://www.netherlands-tourism.com/sexmuseum-amsterdam-venustempel-explore-history-eroticism/ Sexmuseum Amsterdam The Sexmuseum or the Temple of Venus (Dutch: "Venustempel") is a sex museum located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum opened in 1985. It had 675,000 visitors in 2015, making it one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands. The museum features an extensive collection of pictures, recordings, photos, paintings and artifacts which allow visitors to explore the evolution of human sexuality throughout the ages. Visitors learn about the history of sex and
Venus (mythology) of the most widely referenced deities of Greco-Roman mythology as the embodiment of love and sexuality. Venus embodies sex, love, beauty, enticement, seduction, and persuasive female charm among the community of immortal gods; in Latin orthography, her name is indistinguishable from the Latin noun "venus" ("sexual love" and "sexual desire"), from which it derives. It has connections to "venerari" ("to honour, to try to please") and "venia" ("grace, favour") through a possible common root in an Indo-European "*wenes-" or "*u̯enis" ("friend"). Their common Proto-Indo-European root is assumed as "*wen-" or "*u̯en-" "to strive for, wish for, desire, love"). Venus has