Leather Archives & Museum

Leather Archives & Museum Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M) is a library, museum and archive located on the North Side of Chicago.
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Our mission is to make leather, kink, B**M, and fe**sh accessible through research, preservation, education and community engagement. All s*xual orientations and genders are included, and the scope is worldwide! The library houses twelve thousand books and fourteen thousand magazines, plus scholarly publications, films and electronic resources. As for the museum collection, it's full of original e

rotic art and artifacts from alternative s*x organizations and individuals. The archives (viewable by appointment) contain unpublished papers and records from notable B**M activists, artists, businesses and organizations.

06/09/2025

Saturday, June 21 at 7pm, see the best French gay p**n ever made in EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN (1980) at the Leather Archives & Museum! A handsome young stud rides his motorcycle through a labyrinth of s*xual fantasies in this film directed with absolute grace by the mysterious Dietrich de Velsa, a former painter who was also the owner and artistic director of one of the first transvestites' cabaret of Paris, La Grande Eugène. EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN is his only film and stands without a doubt as a masterpiece!

This screening is co-presented by local film programmers Olivia Hunter Willke and Scott Potis!

Get your tickets to EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN and other upcoming FE**SH FILM FORUM screenings here: leatherarchives.org/events/2025-fe**sh-film-forum/

Join us at 7pm tonight!
06/06/2025

Join us at 7pm tonight!

Great events happening this month. Celebrate Pride with some kinky fe**sh fun! Details online at leatherarchives.libcal....
06/04/2025

Great events happening this month. Celebrate Pride with some kinky fe**sh fun! Details online at leatherarchives.libcal.com

Peter Fiske is hosting a fundraiser for LA&M to celebrate his 80th birthday. Help him reach his goal!
06/04/2025

Peter Fiske is hosting a fundraiser for LA&M to celebrate his 80th birthday. Help him reach his goal!

Please help me raise up to $8,000 for LA & M to celebrate my 80th birthday. Al… Peter Fiske needs your support for Donate to Support Leather Archives & Museum

If you missed getting an IML souvenir, there's still time! There are shirts, pins, bags and bottles.....and the 2025 IML...
05/29/2025

If you missed getting an IML souvenir, there's still time! There are shirts, pins, bags and bottles.....and the 2025 IML poster autographed by the contestants and their IML team is now available!
Visit the LA&M store at https://lamgifts.com/collections/international-mr-leather to get yours today. (Shipping available.)

Gift Shop of The Leather Archives & Museum

05/28/2025

Saturday, May 31 at 7pm, experience the outlandish surrealism of BLIND BEAST (1969) in the gorgeous Etienne Auditorium at the Leather Archives & Museum! A model with a passion for B**M is imprisoned in a fantastical art studio where horror makes way for one of cinema's most transcendent erotic fantasies.

Get your tickets to BLIND BEAST and other upcoming FE**SH FILM FORUM screenings here:
leatherarchives.org/events/2025-fe**sh-film-forum/

Recuperating from IML? But wait, there's more! Catch us for some fun fe**sh fun this weekend!- Friday, Gear Night, 6-9pm...
05/28/2025

Recuperating from IML? But wait, there's more! Catch us for some fun fe**sh fun this weekend!
- Friday, Gear Night, 6-9pm
- Saturday, Fe**sh Film Forum Presents Blind Beast, 7-9pm
- Sunday, Kink Klass with Leather Redux, 3-4:30pm
Hope to see you here at LA&M!

Congrats to David in Denver for winning this year’s sling raffle! And many thanks to our friends at JimSupport for their...
05/27/2025

Congrats to David in Denver for winning this year’s sling raffle! And many thanks to our friends at JimSupport for their generous donation of a sling to raise $7,000 for LA&M!

This morning, Judy Tallwing McCarthy (the very first International Ms Leather) visited us at LA&M. Seeing her sash from ...
05/26/2025

This morning, Judy Tallwing McCarthy (the very first International Ms Leather) visited us at LA&M. Seeing her sash from her win way back in 1987 promoted Judy to ask if she could wear it during the IML competition tonight. What an incredible sight to see this amazing woman on stage in the sash she won 38 years ago!

Congratulations to all 68 contestants at this year’s International Mr Leather. A big shout out to 2nd runner up Michael...
05/26/2025

Congratulations to all 68 contestants at this year’s International Mr Leather. A big shout out to 2nd runner up Michael Tikili and 1st runner up Zephyr Merkur, and to our new IML 2025 René Hebert

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6418 N Greenview Avenue
Chicago, IL
60626

Opening Hours

Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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(773) 761-9200

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All s*xual orientations and genders are included, and the scope is worldwide! The library houses twelve thousand books and fourteen thousand magazines, plus scholarly publications, films and electronic resources. As for the museum collection, it's full of original erotic art and artifacts from alternative s*x organizations and individuals. The archives (viewable by appointment) contain unpublished papers and records from notable B**M activists, artists, businesses and organizations.