Red Light Secrets

I’m for NYC and this was an amazing experience for me. We have all heard of the red light district prostitution but at the end of the day I didn’t know anything about it. This museum answered so many questions for me.
I chose not to get the audio tour because it’s such a quick tour and I can read the signs and explore by myself. This location use to be operational but after an incident occurred there they closed shop and made it a museum.
It’s great to go through what the girl would do on a regular. Seeing their intimate corners and being able to sit at the window to experience how they felt and worked was an experience on its own.
Great spot to go to very educational and opens your eyes up a little more.

Great place interactive museum but come with an open mind the topic might be hard for some. Overall it’s awesome!

This was a better place than I expected also a lot bigger I thought it would be smaller. It was a fun thing to do you actually learned some interesting facts especially if you are not from the area. I would recommend on going here since the entry price was reasonable and it was something to do during the day or at night.

Interesting place in the heart of the red light district. This is a «museum» of sorts, attempting to illustrate the business of prostitution in Amsterdam. The entry fee is reasonable, so we gave it a try. We also sprung for the self guided audio tour.
The audio portion was OK, but I found myself not using it most of the time for a variety of reasons. The place is set up logically, there is a movie to watch and then you make your way through a variety of rooms that contain various exhibits. The most interesting aspect was on the second floor where you find yourself standing in a room directly above the street, and realize you are in what would be where a prostitute would be working, red light, and real people staring up at you.
There are a lot of not so pleasant statistics and exhibits that illustrate the pitfalls of prostitution, and we left feeling sad for the workers in the industry. If you find yourself in the red light district, this place is a worthwhile stop.

This museum was very informative and interesting. The set up of the rooms where organized and full of information. I really recommend coming to this museum! The spaces are rather small but worthwhile!

You have to visit this place-​makes you appreciate what it’s all about and also hopefully means that you look at the girls in the windows with a little bit more self awareness. If you are just curious to see what all the fuss is about surrounding the Red Light District then going during the afternoon is the best time to visit the area without feeling threatened.

Red Light Secrets is a small museum focused on the history of prostitution in Amsterdam and the Netherlands. The museum sheds light on both the good and bad of prostitution in the area. It doesn’t take long to go through the exhibits, but they are very informational. One interesting part towards the beginning of the museum is the window walk through, which gives you an idea of what is feels like being a prostitute looking down on pedestrians passing by the windows.
The museum does not just put a positive or fun spin on prostitution, but also focused on the seedy and negative side to the industry as well. The end of the museum is actually the most fascinating to me because it shows the dark side of prostitution. There was a dedicated memorial inside to the girls who have been murdered in Amsterdam since 1956 while working as prostitutes. Additionally, there was information about the sex trafficking aspects to the industry in Amsterdam.
I really enjoyed the museum and would highly recommend stopping by to gain some knowledge about the Red Light District.

So I got dragged in here by the travelers I was with (really!) but once in, enjoyed myself (ha, get it?) I mean enjoyed learning about the working life of the working girls.
We got 50cents off entry price thanks to a guidebook we had picked up and so cost us € 7 to wander through the rooms. It’s quite small, but info is well presented and there are cool interactive maps plus a quiz about the stats. There are also displays of two types of rooms — one for the girl working in the red light room, and the other for girls (women?) who work for a fixed wage.
My top three experiences at this museum were (in no particular order):
— the window you walk through and see the pedestrians outside looking up at you — a bit unnerving
— the 7 minute video into the banality of these women’s life (a neighboring kid comes to pet the prostitute’s dog); and
— the secret sex confessions at the end — I read with amusement, disgust, shock and horror some of the things people discussed they had done sexually. Also while meant to be anonymous, some people actually put in their full names (maybe? Or maybe the name of people they hate??)
So it took us like 45 mins and def worth the time to have a look-​see.

Had a great insight to the life of prostitution in Amsterdam. Self guided, you walk through rooms used by prostitutes in the red light district, there a tonnes of facts and background stories explaining how girls end up in this profession. Particularly enjoyed the window etiquette section where you get to pretend to be in the window, and see the typical reactions of pedestrians.

Very informative, but honestly, slightly disappointing. I feel as if there could be a lot more. Good place to stop if you’re curious, but if you already know the basics, skip it.

Wer in Amsterdam ist, landet immer irgendwo im Rotlichtviertel. Wir sind oft in Amsterdam und kennen bereits das Erotic Museum und das Sexmuseum. Wer nicht zu «verklemmt» ist, lacht sich dort einfach nur schlapp. Seit 2014 gibt es nun dieses Prostitutions Museum. Dies ist relativ harmlos und zeigt mehr den Werdegang. Ein Gang durch dieses Viertel ist interessant denn man sieht Gestalten aller Art.

The name alone will most likely be a draw for many, but all kidding aside, this place is really informative, and sheds some light on one of Amsterdam’s oldest institutions: The Red Light District. Located smack in the middle of the Red Light District, the museum displays of some standard brothel rooms, non-​functioning of course. From all sorts of toys and contraptions, this museum also boast displays of prostitution’s more spicy aspects, so it is not something for the kids, but then again you really shouldn’t have the kiddies walking the Red Light District anyway. The Museum of Prostitution may be a sanitized view of what stands as Amsterdam’s most curious institutions, but the Red Light District, with its window ladies seductively beckoning to many a passerby, is the real deal and may not be for the prudish or faint of heart.
For example, on my way to this museum, several ladies aggressively tapped on their windows in an attempt to gain my attention. I soon realized that this was most likely an attempt to complement me on my purchase of a new hat. My black Amsterdam Sherpa hat really is a show stopper, so it is easy understand how it might bring hard working women to their feet, but I find such attention a little embarrassing. So if you’re like myself and a little shy, you may want keep your best hat at home, because those ladies really do seem to like fashion. No, just soldier down to the street to a museum that will open your eyes to an institution that has be come an Amsterdam icon.

Not what we initially expected, but really a great place to check out if you want the truth about things here. Glad I went.

I think this is a cool tour that is worth visiting. Visit the Red Light District first. Walk down those tight streets and gawk at those beautiful women in the windows. Imagine what their lives must be like for them to resort to a life like this. If you feel this sadness, then the Museum of Prostitution is a worthy visit. There was a coupon in one of books, so that’s how we found this place. It was 7 euros to enter.
Inside you’ll see what it is like to sit behind the windows and to have men gawk at you. You read the stories of the prostitutes. You see a sample room that they work in. At the very end of the tour you’ll see a wall of confession notes. Some are funny to read. You can write your own confessions too.
We came in around 8pm, so it wasn’t crowded. Towards the end of the night when we got out there was a long line outside.

Nicht viel zu sehen und das für 7,50 € nicht empfehlenswert .
10 min und man hat intensiv alles durch .
3 – 4 € wären noch ok.

Titled the Secrets of Prostitution, and located in the heart of the Red Light District, this array of displays and short films tells the story of a day in the life of a Red Light sex worker. You’re given a glimpse of what it’s like to sit on display in the window, walk through a replica peeskamer, then on to the high end brothel mock up, which is so gaudy and kitsch I wanted to take it home with me.
There’s a few other bits to the museum, including a short film by Duval Guillaume, in conjunction with Stop The Traffik, stories from some of the workers themselves, and an array of lost and never found items, left by clients.
It’s quite a short exhibit, but at € 7.50 entry I would encourage anyone visiting Amsterdam, in particular the Red Light District to pop in. It’s a glimpse in to the reality of lives of the body perfect girls, who look to be happy displaying their wares in the peeskamer, but whom in truth probably arrived in The Dam with higher expectations of a new life.

Located on one of the main streets in the Red Light District, this is more of an exhibit than a museum documenting a day in the life of the Red Light District and it’s inhabitants. It’s not for the faint of heart. It’s interesting, informative and entertaining.