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Queer Heritage and Collections Network
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Sharing expertise, skills and best practice on LGBTQ+ heritage 🌈 • UK-wide subject specialist network • Supported by National Lottery through Arts Council England

Contact: qhcncomms@gmail.com
Website: queerhcn.org
Newsletter: mailchi.mp/46de0e53f704/qhcn
Register for online attendance (25 November only):
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Register for in-person attendance (25-26 November):
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October 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The webinar will be led by @magmidd.bsky.social, a freelance exhibit designer and museum consultant. Their background is in children's museums and they have written and consulted widely on creating LGBTQ+ museum content for families, especially those with children aged 10 and under.
June 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Prefer digital exhibitions? THE VILLIERS REVEALED DIGITAL EXHIBITION is an imaginative, immersive and interactive interpretation of the unique exhibition @ Melton Carnegie Museum, revealing histories that have often been misrepresented, hidden, and erased.
Visit here: villiers.digital-exhibition.uk
Villiers Revealed Digital Exhibition
Virtual Tour
villiers.digital-exhibition.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Looking for activities for little museum explorers? SHAKE, RATTLE + STROLL: LOVE (30 June, 10am) at V&A Dundee is a free, drop-in workshop suitable for under 5s and their adults. In June, you’ll get a chance explore stories inspired by love and how families come in all shapes and sizes.
Shake, Rattle + Stroll: Love
Get ready to move and make some noise in this interactive workshop for little museum explorers
www.vam.ac.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Burrell Collection in Glasgow is running free, drop-in LGBTQ+ tours between now and September. Find out more here:
burrellcollection.com/event/16c876...
LGBT+ Tours at The Burrell Collection
Join a free tour and uncover hidden histories
burrellcollection.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
BRISTOL PRIDE X MARTIN PARR, Bristol MAG (27 May-23 Nov)
Legendary photographer Martin Parr teams up with Bristol Pride and Bristol Museums to showcase a retrospective of his photos of the city’s annual Pride festival.
Bristol Pride x Martin Parr | Bristol Museums
Photographer Martin Parr teams up with Bristol Pride and Bristol Museums to showcase a retrospective of his photos of Pride festival.
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Are you more of 19th-century history buff? Then don’t miss PRIDE LECTURE: MISS PIRIE AND MISS WOODS (24 June, 6:30pm)
This evening talk will delve into the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in early 1800s Edinburgh.
Book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pride-lect...
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
THE HOLLY JOHNSON STORY, Museum of Liverpool (14 Sep-27 Jul)
The exhibition celebrates Holly Johnson’s creative genius, charting his personal life and extraordinary music career over five decades.
The Holly Johnson Story
In the 1980s Britain was changing. Social and political unrest led the way for a cultural revolution, set against a backdrop of synth-pop music and experimental sounds. The ‘80s was a time of innovati...
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM