First Vagina Museum to Open in Brighton, UK

Florence Schechter, a British YouTuber, feminist, actress, and science communicator, launched a tweet in March 2017 proposing a museum dedicated to the vagina after discovering Iceland's Icelandic Phallological Museum (a penis museum) had no female counterpart. The idea gained traction despite criticism and mockery, including from Conan O'Brien. Schechter initiated a crowdfunding campaign and is recruiting trustees for the board. The museum will be located in Brighton, England, aiming to open in 2020. It will combine scientific exhibits on anatomy, reproduction, and contraception with artworks inspired by the vagina. The article also references a related incident in New York: Swedish artist Carolina Falkholt (born 1977 in Gothenburg) painted a four-story mural of an erect red penis on a building in Broome Street, Manhattan, just before New Year's. The mural, intended to encourage body positivity, was removed within 48 hours after complaints from residents.