GLBT History Museum

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Street front of the museum
Exhibition gallery

The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco is a facility of the GLBT Historical Society . After the Gay Museum in Berlin, it was the second museum dedicated to this topic.

history

In 1999, 2000 and 2001 the GLBT Historical Society organized individual, temporary exhibitions on historical topics related to the GLBT community.

From November 2008 to October 2009, the GLBT Historical Society first showed a first exhibition on the history of gays , lesbians , bisexuals and transgender people in San Francisco and the surrounding area in rooms on the corner of 18th Street and Castro Street in the Castro district . Among the exhibits were the sewing machine used to sew the first rainbow flag and the clothing of Harvey Milk , the first openly gay politician, which he wore when he was murdered on November 27, 1978. Around 25,000 people visited them during the 11-month period of the exhibition.

presentation

The permanent exhibition was designed in 2010 in the rooms that the museum still uses today. They are located on the premises of a shop at 4127 18th Street, not far from the rooms where the first exhibition was shown. The exhibition area is approx. 150 m². It was made available for preview on December 10, 2010 and opened on January 13, 2011.

The exhibition was titled Our Vast Queer Past: Celebrating San Francisco's GLBT History , was divided into more than 20 subject areas, dealt with the area of ​​San Francisco and the Bay Area and went back 100 years. This main exhibition is rebuilt every now and then in order to be able to show more with the limited space available. The main exhibition is currently being shown under the title Queer Past Becomes Present .

Further worth knowing

The expansion of the rooms for museum purposes and a reduction in the normal rent was sponsored by the drugstore chain Walgreens , which is the main tenant of the rest of the property. The museum is supported by a variety of donors and sponsors and receives grants from the city and county of San Francisco. The museum received a number of local and regional awards. Guided tours, also for specific target groups, such as school classes, are offered.

Nearby is the Pink Triangle Park and Memorial .

literature

  • Castro Guide 2014/2015. [Info Brochure from the Castro Street Merchants].

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "First GLBT History Museum in the United States announces grand opening for January 13." = Press release of the GLBT Historical Society v. January 12, 2011.
  2. ^ Dougan Michael: Gay history on display at Pride parade exhibit moves to Civic Center Plaza. In: San Francisco Examiner v. June 24, 1999.
  3. ^ "Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History,"
  4. ^ Matthew Bajko: Gay history museum opens in Castro . In: Bay Area Reporter v. December 4, 2008.
  5. ↑ http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=11659 Joseph Amster: A successful first year for Passionate Struggle exhibit . In: San Francisco Bay Times v. October 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ Castro Guide, p. 21.
  7. ^ First GLBT History Museum in the United States announces grand opening for January 13 = Press release of the GLBT Historical Society v. January 12, 2011.
  8. ^ Dennis McMillan: Grand opening of the first GLBT museum draws hundreds . In: San Francisco Bay Times v. January 20, 2011.
  9. ↑ The GLBT History Museum Attracts Worldwide Media ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . GLBT Historical Society website.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glbthistory.org
  10. ^ Dan Ming: Visit the nation's first queer museum  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Bay Citizen Blog v. September 13, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / wwww.baycitizen.org  
  11. ^ Matthew S. Bajko: Castro LGBT museum reopens . In: Bay Area Reporter v. December 9, 2010.
  12. ↑ Castro Guide, p. 21.
  13. ^ Matthew S. Bajko: Walgreens signs lease with Historical Society . In: Bay Area Reporter v. April 1, 2010.
  14. ↑ museum home page List of supporters on the museum's website .
  15. ↑ Seth Hemmelgarn: Diverse group selected as Pride grand marshals . In: Bay Area Reporter v. June 26, 2011.
  16. ↑ NN: Best of the Bay 2011 editors picks: city living . In: San Francisco Bay Guardian v. July 27, 2011.
  17. ↑ Castro Guide, p. 21.

Coordinates: 37 ° 45 '38.51 "  N , 122 ° 26' 8.25"  W.