[Twosugars]

A museum dedicated to vaginas has been granted an alcohol licence despite residents’ concerns it could attract rowdy stag and hen parties.

The Vagina Museum is due to open on 16 November at Camden Market in London, with the aim of increasing knowledge of “gynaecological anatomy and health”. It is the “world’s first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas”, according to its website.

While the museum has been widely supported, its application for an alcohol licence provoked warnings from local residents’ groups.

Patricia Thomas, who wrote to Camden council on behalf of the Harmood Clarence Hartland residents association, said the group was “particularly alarmed” by the idea of hen and stag parties visiting the museum.

She said: “We have no doubt that the museum will try to ensure that no inappropriate parties will be allowed, but stag parties are not known for their respectfulness and hen parties can also be raucous and difficult to control.

“If parties become rowdy, they will be removed by security and then end up on our streets, creating public nuisance.”

Kathryn Gemmell, the chairman of Tenants Residents Associations, Camden Town, added the group was concerned the museum was actively seeking to attract hen and stag nights.

Despite the concerns, the local authority’s licensing panel granted the museum an alcohol licence on Thursday.

In a statement, the museum’s director, Florence Schechter, said she was “honoured” by the decision. She added: “At the hearing we heard and engaged with residents’ concerns.”

The museum had initially sought permission to serve alcohol between 10am and 11.30pm Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and from 10am to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

But it amended its application ahead of the meeting to between 6pm and 10.30pm Monday to Sunday, a Camden council spokesperson said. It was also granted a licence to show films.

The licensing panel added a condition that no more than 100 people could be admitted into the museum at any one time, the council spokesperson said.

The museum’s opening exhibition, Muff Busters: Vagina Myths and How to Fight Them, begins on 16 November.
The Guardian

[The Slim Reaper]

Who'd bother drinking there? It'd be full of twats and *****.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Who'd bother drinking there? It'd be full of twats and *****.

But you could have penetrating conversations

[UserSince2005]

i think most "straight" men require some level on intoxication to go near muff monsters. good idea to entice them into the place

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

i think most "straight" men require some level on intoxication to go near muff monsters. good idea to entice them into the place

someone managed it in your case more's the pity

[Cherie]

unless you are saying you came about as a result of a drunken encounter that nobody wanted

[Cherie]

it's not exactly the Natural History Museum so I guess they will need something extra to get people through the doors

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Cherie

it's not exactly the Natural History Museum so I guess they will need something extra to get people through the doors

They need to open those doors real wide if they want me to go in.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by parmnion

They need to open those doors real wide if they want me to go in.

[bitontheslide]

i can just see me adding it to the tourist itinerary the next time the mother in law visits

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i can just see me adding it to the tourist itinerary the next time the mother in law visits

I've booked you both in on Christmas Eve

[Livia]

Has anyone ever see the Vagina Monologues? Funny and really moving... and there were maybe a dozen men in the audience... brave souls.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Has anyone ever see the Vagina Monologues? Funny and really moving... and there were maybe a dozen men in the audience... brave souls.

I'd be like Chandler Bing in that episide of Friends with the woman doing a show about her first period. Frozen to my seat in fear.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I'd be like Chandler Bing in that episide of Friends with the woman doing a show about her first period. Frozen to my seat in fear.

LOL.... Yes, that was the expression frozen onto the faces of a couple of the blokes. It is a good show though... not anti-men or anything.

[Oliver_W]

I wonder if they're expecting a big opening.

[Liam-]

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Not that all blokes think of women as walking vaginas but I'm not sure if I like the idea of this ..What's the purpose of it?

[Grim Reaper]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Who'd bother drinking there? It'd be full of twats and *****.

Nice one Slim and so true.

[Grim Reaper]

Can't really see the point of a Lady Garden exhibition but presumably the ingestion of strong liquor should make entrance a little easier!

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Liam-

[Grim Reaper]

So after the grand opening what can one expect? Presumably like a 'normal' museum you start with a Neanderthal vagina and travel up the time line like Egyptian vaginas, Tudor vaginas (merkins etc) before arriving at the modern trimmed and pierced variety! An interesting addition could be a sort of game for all the male visitors to see if they could find the side room housing the G-Spot exhibition, which I suggest should probably be situated on the mezzanine level towards the front of the building!

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Grim Reaper

So after the grand opening what can one expect? Presumably like a 'normal' museum you start with a Neanderthal vagina and travel up the time line like Egyptian vaginas, Tudor vaginas (merkins etc) before arriving at the modern trimmed and pierced variety! An interesting addition could be a sort of game for all the male visitors to see if they could find the side room housing the G-Spot exhibition, which I suggest should probably be situated on the mezzanine level towards the front of the building!

Hijaxers you have a gem here

[parmnion]

Bring me luck tibb thread......

25th Oct NEWBURY 14:50 HANDICAP 1m 2f 0y - Win
4. Fannie By Gaslight
7/2
Stake:
£1.01
Potential Returns:
£4.55

[parmnion]

Lost....

Perhaps the ground was to moist for it.

[Grim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Hijaxers you have a gem here

Aw thanks Cherie, I think she knows that but won,t admit it!
Blessed be the fruit.