Lesbian and Gay
National Portrait Gallery
In 2009, the National Portrait Gallery ran the Gay Icons exhibition - portraits of inspirational figures, many of them gay, chosen by a panel of some of the most famous LGBT people in the UK today. Some, although not all of the images were from…
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Lesbian and Gay
Museum of London
The Museum of London has a growing collection of material and oral histories relating to gay lives. A good sample can be seen on their 'Reassessing what we collect' site here: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/OnlineResources/RWWC/Themes/1161/. Although much of the material is modern, it also touches on Roman London…
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Lesbian and Gay
The Women’s Library
The Women’s Library, London holds archives that document women’s lives from the 19th century to the present day. Here the researcher will find campaigning material relating to Second Wave Feminism. With a little delving, it is a rich source of information on lesbian lives.It has…
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Lesbian and Gay
British Museum
The Warren Cup, a first century AD silver goblet showing explicit scenes of gay lovemaking was the most expensive item ever purchased by the British Museum when bought for £1.8 million in 1999. It is on permanent display.Although no comprehensive survey has yet been made…
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Lesbian and Gay
Museum Of Croydon
The Museum of Croydon's collections include several objects and oral histories relating to gay lives in the area - from the drill belonging to a lesbian plumber, the pregnancy dress of another woman in a gay relationship http://bit.ly/9wo2J9, the story of one man's crushing wait…
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Lesbian and Gay
London School of Economics Library
The Hall-Carpenter Archives (HCA) founded in 1982 are the largest source for the study of gay activism in Britain which followed the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957. Holdings include papers donated by Peter Tatchell, including those relating to the now notorious 1983 Bermondsey by election.
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London School of Economics Library
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Lesbian and Gay
Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive
The Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (LAGNA) is based at Middlesex University in North London and houses over 200,000 cuttings taken from the non-gay press on all LGBT matters since the late Nineteenth Century. The newspaper cuttings are currently only indexed for the period 1937…
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Museum of Croydon - collection overview
Museum Of Croydon
The Museum of Croydon reopened in October 2006 with new displays. Each collection of objects in the museum now has a touchscreen attached with deeper information about the objects on display. This also exists as a website - allowing you to virtually browse the museum.We've…
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London Metropolitan Archives - collection overview
London Metropolitan Archives
London Metropolitan Archives’ holdings are increasingly coming to reflect the cosmopolitan nature of the capital itself. The wide variety of nationalities living in London has always been an intrinsic part of the core collections held at LMA relating to the government of London; the records…
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North, West & Southern Europe: Italian
British Museum
Roman marble bust of girlThe Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities’ collection of material from the native cultures of Italy, including the Etruscans, begins in the Bronze Age (around 2500 BC). Later the whole of the Roman Empire is covered until the Edict of Milan…
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British Museum - collection overview
British Museum
Indian Summer - temporary garden at the British MuseumThe British Museum exists to illuminate the histories of cultures, for the benefit of present and future generations. It is amongst the oldest and largest museums in the UK, and holds material from practically every country in…
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