The American lgbtq+ Museum

09/22/2021

Photos/Video: Inside the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the American LGBTQ+ Museum with André De Shields, Billie Jean King, Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and More at New-York Historical Society

Photos/Video: Inside the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the American LGBTQ+ Museum with André De Shields, Billie Jean King, Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and More at New-York Historical Society

On September 14, New-York Historical Society held a groundbreaking ceremony for the American LGBTQ+ Museum, New York’s first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history and culture which is set to open in 2…

09/17/2021

TransLash TalkBack: LGBTQ+ Museum Recap

TransLash TalkBack: LGBTQ+ Museum Recap

09/16/2021

Now it's easier to sign up for The American lgbtq+ Museum's updates.

Now it's easier to sign up for The American lgbtq+ Museum's updates.

09/16/2021

The American lgbtq+ Museum updated their website address.

The American lgbtq+ Museum updated their website address.

09/16/2021

The American lgbtq+ Museum updated their business hours.

The American lgbtq+ Museum updated their business hours.

09/16/2021

Immense gratitude to everyone who came together yesterday (in person and virtually), to celebrate the groundbreaking of our future home with The New York Historical Society.

This new building will not only house the American LGBTQ+ Museum, but also the Billie Jean King archives and several new community and classroom spaces.

This was such an inspiring event, and honored all the work that has brought us here -- and all the work to be done. We look forward to embarking on this journey with you all!

Photos by Leandro Justen.

06/30/2021

The Oldest Museum in New York Is Expanding

We're building our first home with the New-York Historical Society, announced in today's New York Times! Subscribe for more exciting updates: https://mailchi.mp/ab9df78b7730/the-american-lgbtq-museum

The New-York Historical Society is making way for the first L.G.B.T.Q. history and culture museum in the city.

06/18/2021

Join us on June 24th at 6PM ET for a one-hour panel with virtual tour of Radical Tenderness: Trans for Trans Portraiture.

RESERVE YOUR TICKETS: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/radical-tenderness-trans-trans-portraiture?fbclid=IwAR1g19jkjP9e0nlMMWXtVPqKY2LTL4FAuTwvdF0Y-4TwTowMQGMANm42Zlk

Radical Tenderness: Trans for Trans Portraiture, on view at the Alice Austen House Museum, highlights photographic work from four trans and non-binary artists whose portrait photography exudes tender intimacy and calls for a radical shift in visibility politics.

Guest curator, Dr. Eliza Steinbock, will be joined by participating artist Zackary Drucker for a dialogue about the ways that trans and q***r people use artwork to connect with one another, historically and today. The discussion will be preceded by a guided virtual tour of the exhibition by the Alice Austen House’s Executive Director Victoria Munro.⠀
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Hosted by the New-York Historical Society @nyhistory and the American LGBTQ+ Museum @lgbtq_museum in partnership with the Alice Austen House Museum @aliceaustenhouse and the Stonewall 50 Consortium.⠀
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03/02/2021

The American LGBTQ+ Museum

Hello! We're the American LGBTQ+ Museum, a new collaboration dedicated to preserving, researching, and sharing LGBTQ+ history and culture.

While other great institutions and organizations exist to investigate, preserve, and tell our histories, we believe a national LGBTQ+ museum is overdue.

In the years to come, our plan is to create a physical space in New York City — one that is vibrant and welcoming, both visually and cognitively, for the entire LGBTQ+ community.

We're in the early stages of this journey, and we hope you join us! Follow us here and on our other platforms [https://linktr.ee/thelgbtqmuseum], sign up for updates [https://mailchi.mp/ab9df78b7730/the-american-lgbtq-museum], and please share your thoughts and ideas with us!

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“History is essential to understanding—it illuminates the journey of an individual, a family, a community, an idea, of laws, institutions, norms or nations. LGBTQ history is especially urgent because our communities have emerged from denial, repression, and invisibility into acceptance, pride and full societal participation. This Museum helps forge the future by documenting our past.”

- Urvashi Vaid, Attorney, Writer, Activist; Secretary, the American LGBTQ+ Museum

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