Florence Schechter is the director and founder of the Vagina Museum. Her background is in science communication and she has a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. Since the Vagina Museum opened in October 2019, it has welcomed over 100,000 people in just six months. She has spoken about Vs everywhere from the British Library, Science Museum, Royal Institution, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Tate Modern, to name a few. She also sits on the Trajectory, Ideas and Ambassadors Board of Cheltenham Science Festival. She came highly commended in the Women of the Future Awards 2017 in the arts and culture category for her work in the museum sector, and won a Sexual Freedom Award in 2019.
