200-year-old condom goes on display at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum

The condom at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. (Kelly Schenk/Rijksmuseum via AP)

The Netherlands’ national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art.

The Rijksmuseum said in a statement that the playful prophylactic, believed to be made around 1830 from a sheep’s appendix, “depicts both the playful and the serious side of sexual health”.