Queer Britain is relaunching with new displays this LGBTQ+ History Month
Before Queer Britain opened in King’s Cross in 2022, there was no UK museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history. In the three years since, it’s become an inclusive and accessible space where the stories of queer people have been reclaimed, preserved and celebrated, which is why co-founder Joseph Galliano-Doig is one of our Heroes. The museum is now relaunching this February with all-new displays across its galleries, highlighting queer life, love, protest and artistry.
Over 200 objects will be on show in displays based around six themes:
- Resist! – centred around efforts to organise against oppression and the story of The Black Lesbian and Gay Centre
- Club Kids – a celebration of alternative communities and a showcase of Club Kali
- Queer Creativity – focusing on art and the Women’s Liberation music-making movement of the 70s and 80s
- Body and Mind – reclaiming narratives around LGBTQ+ experiences of health, illness and disability, featuring a panel from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt
- Live, Laugh, Live – featuring stories of domesticity and relationships, including Bloomsbury group members Lytton Strachey and Dora Carrington
- The World Around Us – exploring the wider place of queer life in society, including the story of Justin Fashanu, the UK’s first ‘out’ gay footballer
As well as the collections, the museum will be hosting two special exhibitions for the relaunch – Queer Print, which explores how LGBTQ+ people organised through radical and alternative print cultures, and BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which celebrates 40 years of the film festival. Over the rest of the year, expect exhibitions on queer media representation and Mariano Vivanco’s photographs of trans individuals.
Key Information
Opening date | Weds 4th February 2026
Address | 2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH
For more information | queerbritain.org.uk
