Oxford LibGuides: LGBTQ+ History Resources: Museum

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V&A trail: Out in the museum
"Selected by our LGBTQ Working Group and LGBTQ Volunteer Tour Guides, the objects in this trail reveal stories of diverse gender and sexual identities across time, place and culture."

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The British Museum: Hermaphroditos
This is the British Museum's collection of artefacts depicting and related to the Greco-Roman god Hermaphroditos, child of Aphrodite and Hermes, who was thought to be simultaneously male and female.
National Museums Liverpool: LGBTQ+
A collection of articles, videos, and podcasts about art in LGBTQ+ history.
National Museums Liverpool: LGBTQ+ collections
"These collections reflect historic and contemporary LGBTQ+ life, experiences and culture and offer new interpretations of the material from Walker Art Gallery, Museum of Liverpool, Lady Lever Art Gallery and Sudley House. They reveal the contributions of LGBTQ+ people in a range of fields, from music to art and design, to social activism and politics."
Queer British Art 1861–1967
This is a guide to the exhibition 'Queer British Art 1861–1967', which was held at the Tate Britain. This exhibition "explores connections between art and a wide range of sexualities and gender identities in a period of dynamic change."
Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer
This is a guide to the exhibition 'Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer', held at the Schwules Museum in Berlin. It was "the first international exhibit exploring the multiple historical, cultural, and political intersections of queerness and disability."
Rural Queer Lives in Berkshire Criminal Archives 1861-1967
"This exhibition outlines the legal history surrounding sex between men and how these developments affected the rural county of Berkshire. This project diversifies the traditional narratives that are preserved within archives and museums."
Welsh Parliament: Collecting LGBTQ+ histories
"To mark LGBT+ History Month and in the run up to the Senedd elections, Mark Etheridge, curator at St Fagans National Museum of History has selected key items from the museum’s collection that highlight the importance of political activism and of using your voice."

LGBTQ+ History Resources: Museum

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