How to Join

Membership of QHCN is free, with all events open to organisations (including staff and volunteers at any member organisations) as well as individual heritage sector professionals and academics at all career levels (including independent and freelance). You can join as an invidual simply be signing up for the mailing list, while organisations can join by contacting Project Manager Cesare Cuzzola.  

In 2023 we are rolling out a digital programme of training events, workshops, and online peer support and mentoring sessions for members. Sign up to our mailing list to receive the latest notifications about new events. 

Queer Heritage and Collections Network list of participating institutional members:

Northern Ireland

  • LGBT History Northern Ireland 
  • National Museum Northern Ireland

Scotland

  • 16 Collective
  • Dundee Libraries
  • Glasgow Life Museums
  • Glasgow Women’s Library
  • National Museums Scotland
  • Renfrewshire Leisure
  • Scottish Civic Trust 

Wales

  • Cynon Valley Museum
  • National Museum Wales

Overseas

  • Cork LGBT Archive
  • Forum Queeres Archiv Munich
  • Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
  • ICOM Italy (Gender and LGBTQ+ Rights Working Group)
  • IHLIA LGBT Heritage (Amsterdam)
  • Labour Museum Werstas (Tampere)

England

  • Archives and Collections, Library of Birmingham
  • Berkshire Record Office
  • Bertz Associates
  • Birmingham Museums Trust
  • Bishopsgate Institute 
  • Bolton Library and Museum Services
  • Bristol Archives
  • British Library 
  • British Museum
  • Britten Pears Arts Archive
  • Brooklands Museum
  • Bruce Castle Museum and Archive, Haringey Council
  • Charleston Trust
  • Cinema Nation
  • Cornwall Museums Partnership
  • Curious Arts
  • Derby and Derbyshire Queer Arts Collective (DDQAC)
  • Derby Museums Trust
  • Dorking Museum
  • Elevate Community Productions CIC (ECP)
  • Glyndebourne
  • Goldsmiths Centre for Queer History
  • Gunnersbury Park Museum
  • Hartlepool’s Museum and Gallery Service
  • Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
  • Heritage & Culture Warwickshire
  • Heritage Open Days
  • Hertfordshire County Council
  • Hull Museums 
  • Imperial War Museum 
  • Islington Museum 
  • Kingston University
  • Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
  • Leicestershire County Council
  • Liverpool Museums
  • Leeds Museum and Art Gallery 
  • London Metropolitan Archives
  • LSE Library
  • Manchester Museum
  • Mansfield Museum
  • Museum of Croydon
  • Museum of London 
  • Museum of the Home
  • Museums Partnership Cornwall
  • Museums Sheffield
  • National Football Museum 
  • National Museum of the Royal Navy
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Norfolk Library and Information Service
  • Norfolk Museums Service
  • Nottingham Queer History Archive
  • Oxford Museum
  • People’s History Museum
  • Pitt Rivers Museum
  • Plymouth LGBT Community Archive 
  • Portsmouth City Council
  • Queer Britain
  • RAF Museum
  • Reading Museum and the Broken Futures project
  • RIBA Collections 
  • Royal Albert Hall 
  • Royal Albert Museum Exeter 
  • Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Royal Museums Greenwich
  • Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust
  • Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
  • Scarborough Museums Trust
  • Science Museum Group (SMG)
  • Senate House Library, University of London
  • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
  • Showtown
  • Society of Antiquaries of London
  • South West Heritage Trust
  • Southend Museums Service
  • Suffolk Archives
  • Surrey History Centre 
  • Tate
  • Teesside Archives
  • The Box (Plymouth)
  • The Garden Museum
  • The Higgins Bedford
  • The National Archives
  • The Vagina Museum
  • The Whitworth
  • Torre Abbey
  • Touchstones Museum and Art Gallery
  • Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
  • University of Cambridge Museums
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Plymouth
  • V&A 
  • V&A Dundee
  • Walsall Archives
  • Watford Museum
  • Watts Gallery
  • Wellcome Collection
  • Westminster LBGT+ Forum
  • Wigmore Hall
  • Wiltshire Museum
  • Wikimedia UK
  • York Museums Trust