MUVS Newsletter
Nov. 20, 2024
Simply reverse sterilisations? If only!
The state wanting to be in charge of reproduction is not new: when the population is spilling over, we get the 1-child policy, like in China from the 1960s onwards, or the promotion of vasectomies and sterilisations, as in South Korea a few decades ago.
Nov. 8, 2023
Contraception for men trudges along slowly
We are familiar with the term “gender democracy” since the …
Sept. 6, 2023
How do you advertise the illicit?
The dark web – the hidden part of the internet …
April 4, 2023
The fertile Easter bunny
Some of our objects came from flea markets, where, at …
Dec. 20, 2022
“Mum, Granny, back then, how did you actually ...?”
It’s hard enough to conceive of your own parents or …
Sept. 27, 2022
A cynical coincidence: three “celebratory days” in September
If it were not so serious, one would readily laugh …
Aug. 9, 2022
10th August: World Day against Witch Hunts
In some places, “witches” still bear the blame for preventing …
June 14, 2022
The silver lining of a difficult time
The average European household is home to around 10,000 objects; …
April 19, 2022
G for Gräfenberg – A rocky road to success
Since our topic is the “most pleasurable activity in the …
Jan. 25, 2022
Paula Rego: Pictures for a woman's right to autonomy
One of the best-known activists in the fight for the …
Jan. 19, 2021
Contraception 100 years ago: good start, tragic end.
By today’s standards, the contrivances for contraception developed 100 years …
June 16, 2020
MUVS tours go online
Due to the corona measures, we were forced to become even more creative and developed concepts for online tours
May 6, 2020
The good, good mallow
“A nutritious, crispy sliver, 10 millimetres across, round, and easy to grip by its rough surface – how tantalising does that sound to your ears, dear mallow weevil?”
Dec. 12, 2019
Of the fulfilled and unfulfilled wishes of a museum
Just now, another of our implored wishes has come true: a simple white-green cardboard box on which is printed 'Anovlar'.
Oct. 30, 2019
When can a woman get pregnant? Austrian–Japanese consensus
October 2019, marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Austro-Japanese friendship, trade and shipping treaty of 1869.
July 4, 2017
Simone Veil has died
As health minister, she introduced the right to have an abortion into France.
Feb. 28, 2017
Vasalgel - Men’s new option
Nowadays there are numerous modern and safe methods of birth control for her which put her in control of the fertility of the couple.
April 26, 2016
Highlights from 26 April 2016
Let´s take a closer look at another two highlights of our museum work today.
Feb. 10, 2016
Highlights from 10. February 2016
Even what mustn’t be seen, can be seen here
Jan. 12, 2016
The Birth of Hormone Research: sterilisation was believed bring about eternal youth
Eugen Steinach followed many correct paths and one wrong one
Nov. 18, 2015
Visit Our Virtual Special Exhibit, the Selection Criteria Employed by Ethical Banks
Feminine virtues Cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, sewing... Knowing how to …
June 30, 2015
Highlights July
At present, parsley’s yellowish-white flowers are blooming in our gardens. …
June 29, 2015
Social Distress creates Markets Not being able to raise a child costs money
Until 30 years ago, unwed single mothers were exceptions, other …
April 10, 2015
Rebecca Gomperts (born 1966 in Vlissingen, Holland)
"Medical abortion belongs in the hands of women: if we …
Feb. 17, 2015
Carl Djerassi and the Pill: He Was the ‘Supplier’ of the Active Ingredient
While we also have other participators to thank for the …
Feb. 16, 2015
He who returns from a storm has experience. (Icelandic proverb) Eighty Years Ago Iceland Legalised Abortion
Many of us are familiar with Iceland – from crime …
Jan. 7, 2015
Kyusaku Ogino: Think Backwards But Count Forwards The Japanese Gynaecologist Died 40 Years Ago
The Japanese gynaecologist Kyusaku Ogino is normally mentioned together with …
Sept. 24, 2014
Contraception via Microchip: increased long-term protection is under development
In 2018, a new long-term contraceptive for women is scheduled …
Aug. 19, 2014
Birth Control in the USA: ‘salami tactics’, or slice by slice
The restrictions that US states are putting in place to …
July 7, 2014
Ireland: it’s not good to be an illegitimate child
Called the ‘children of shame’, they were treated like lepers …
July 2, 2014
Childbearing Strike for Better Working Conditions
A ‘childbearing strike’ as a political weapon is much older …
June 17, 2014
Contraception with a Memory
We’ve long been familiar with IUDs that don’t look anything like coils. But a resemblance to earrings, that is new. Another innovation is that the material on which the copper balls are mounted has a memory.
June 17, 2014
Motherhood is a Vocation, and Vocations are Voluntary
“What was it like?” whispered the woman behind the curtain. …
April 8, 2014
Highlights April
When spring arrives, bringing with it seasonal friskiness, contraception is …
Dec. 2, 2013
Forty Years Ago: Austria’s National Council Resolves to Legalise Abortion
The Indikationenlösung, abortion for ethical, medical or social reasons, or …
July 8, 2013
Menstruation Management: Changes in How the Pill is Taken
‘Postponing your period by a few days’ was a particularly …
Feb. 13, 2013
Everything in life involves ... physics.
Today’s Highlights deal with soapsuds and lactic acid. Whoever believes …
Jan. 14, 2013
Abortion in Canada: Part of the Health Act Rather than a Crime for 25 Years Now
The doctor Henry Morgentaler succeeded after a decades-long struggle How …
June 1, 2012
Highlight(s) at these temperatures: Water!
To start off, we have fish in water: nature gave …
April 16, 2012
Germany: doctors against over-the-counter ‘morning-after pill’
As everyone knows, women are not especially bright and don’t …
April 11, 2012
Madame Restell – a moralist drove her to her death
When conception was considered obscene Ann Trow was born on …
April 11, 2010
Carlos Galli Mainini: thanks, little frog!
Christopher Columbus, Konrad Röntgen, Ferdinand von Zeppelin: the world has …
Dec. 5, 2006
December 2006
”It is true that every foreign body in utero has some contraceptive effect; Copper-bearing intra-uterine contraceptive devices have an even greater effect on contraception than any device consisting solely of plastics.”
March 17, 2006
March 2006
Today we want to tell you the tale of the pill: A forgotten revolution
Dec. 18, 2005
December 2005
“long time no see“ – since we have been more than busy in building up our new museum we didn’t send any newsletters for quite a while!
March 21, 2005
March 2005
can you provide us with any information or personal experience on the use of fizzing Coke as emergency contraception?
Feb. 2, 2005
February 2005
Who on earth was ’Ogino’, whose name has been associated with that of Austria’s Hermann Knaus?
March 14, 2004
March 2004
Our main focus of collecting is concentrated on the last 100 to 150 years
Feb. 4, 2004
Member of the Austrian Museum Association
Seal of Approval of the Austrian Museum Association
Supported by European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health
Nominated for the EMYA Museum of the Year Award 2010. First Winner of the Kenneth Hudson Award given by the Trustees of the European Museum Forum
Accepted into the 'Excellence Club - The Best in Heritage'