We are delighted to be kicking off our collaboration with ICOM Italy with this webinar on 'Museums, Gender and Queerness' on 14 June 2024! Register here*: icom-italia.org/musei-genere-e… *Please note that the working language for this event will be Italian.

Only TWO WEEKS left to submit your proposal for the Queer Heritage and Collections Network Symposium! 🌈 ⏳ DEADLINE: 28 June 2024

Today we’re celebrating #worldrefugeeday with collecting and preserving stories of LGBTQI+ refugees in Scotland. We are delivering a group oral history workshop, with the recording going to National Library of Scotland Part of the Refugee Festival Scotland official programme. Save our #archives

Only a FEW DAYS left to submit your proposals! Deadline is this Friday! Thank you to everyone who has already submitted one 🌈 It's fantastic to read about all the queer research and practice happening in the cultural sector right now! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

🚨 CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS 🚨 QHCN is pleased to announce an open call to work with Network members to co-design and co-deliver 6 new Creative Projects with English museums/heritage organisations. 📑Full info: queerhcn.org/creative-proje… ⌛ Deadline: 1 November 2024, 17:00

Heartbreaking to hear the news about the MA in Queer History and events like the Queer History Fair – solidarity to all staff members and students

Join us at The Birds and the Bees: Queer Ecology Guided Walk on September 21 from 11-12:30, led by Connor Butler - Head of Learning at Chelsea Physic Garden, a member of the LGBT community and advocate for increasing accessibility in outdoor spaces. Link in comments!

A reminder that we still have available spots for the ONLINE information session 13th September! It will be an opportunity to ask any questions you might have about submitting a proposal to work with QHCN on a creative project. Contact us at [email protected] to sign up!

February 2025 will be the 20th UK LGBT+ History Month. The theme will be launched in November 2024 along with the official badge and the five LGBT+ historical figures. Register your organisation or as an individual here: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history-m…

Have you ever wondered what queer historical figures were like, beyond the court records? Tomara Garrod (Research Fellow at the Centre for Queer History) has developed a workshop using creative writing exercises to help us build our own, intimate connection with queer history.

So excited to be part of the QHCN Symposium! What a line up! ⚔️🌈

I'm very excited for this Queer Heritage and Collections Network symposium! Places at Kensington Palace are limited - get your free tickets quickly. If you can't make it to London, online tickets are also available 👇

Beamish Museum 💬 Keynote by Rachael E Lennon on the Queer Heritage & Collections Network 💬 Prof. Kate Chedgzoy on lesbian performance research 💬 Open discussion to share LGBTQIA+ projects & materials Join us in mapping the region's LGBTQIA+ heritage! 🌈 Book here: buff.ly/3zS1xmF

I'm very excited to delve into the queer heritage of the North East with Curious Arts at the lovely Beamish Museum in a couple of weeks. It will be great to meet with colleagues from @TWAMmuseums, Newcastle University, Beamish Museum, The Story Durham and many others...

We are only a week away from the Queer Heritage and Collections Symposium 2024! 🌈 There is still time to register online: eventbrite.com/e/queer-herita… The digital programme can now be accessed on our website! We look forward to seeing you there! #QHCN2024 queerhcn.org/symposiums/sym…

"Museums have been in the closet for far too long" George Chakravarthi A wonderful inspiring start to the Queer Heritage and Collections Network symposium at Kensington Palace Historic Royal Palaces

There are some incredible objects on display at Kensington Palace as part of Historic Royal Palaces' Untold Lives exhibition. A few highlights here... Queer Heritage and Collections Network Matthew Storey

That's a wrap on the QHCN Symposium 2024! Thank you to everyone who attended, to all our speakers and to our wonderful hosts Historic Royal Palaces Recordings from the event will go up on queerhcn.org in a few weeks – sign up to the newsletter to get notified! 🌈 #QHCN2024