We’re here. We’re queer. Exhibition

Queer History

2 May

When: 5 August - 30 Sept 2021
Time: Thursday - Sunday, 10am - 12.30pm and 2 - 5pm
Where: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

What object might you choose to illustrate your story?

Hastings Queer History Collective present an exhibition of personal objects related to their lives, and wider LGBTIQA+ narratives.

Videos and images made by the collective exploring the history of each object are available to view on the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery website.

Working collaboratively with local organisations and specialists over six digital sessions members of the collective each identified individual objects.

This work aims to enrich the social history collection in Hastings Museum and Art Gallery through a process of collecting tomorrow’s history today.

The videos are also displayed as part of the Pride window display in Debenhams, Hastings town centre from 17-30 August 2021.

Produced by Hastings Museum & Art Gallery in partnership with Home Live Art, New Writing South and E-J Scott (Founder of the Museum of Transology).

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