Congratulations to the Museum of Desire, which took out the People's Choice Favourite Museum Exhibition and the Impact Award at the 2025 Time Out Melbourne Arts & Culture Awards, presented in partnership with the Australian Cultural Fund.
Melbourne, are you ready to get frisky? A provocative new museum has arrived in our city and it's hotter than hell. The Museum of Desire is an adults-only, multi-sensory space designed to celebrate all things love, pleasure, and yes, sex.
There are more than 25 spaces for 18-plus visitors to explore. It’s all in the name of flirty fun and switching up social norms around desire and sexuality. Expect a world where sex is art, and hopefully the art is sexy too…
We don't want to spoil exactly what the museum looks like, but we'll give you a few hints. Expect a kissing booth, a ball pit full of boobs, a “giant neon vulva artwork” and projections from the Huxleys.
Visitors who are feeling especially amorous will also be able to finger the ‘orgasm harp’ to a musical climax, or check out the ‘Confessions of a Photocopier’ installation for some office antics we wouldn’t recommend emulating in real life.
Tickets for the Museum of Desire are now available via the website. Prices start from $33, so get ready for a museum like you’ve never seen before.