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 Dan Vo dan.vo @ queerbritain.org.uk. 

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

  • National Museum Northern Ireland
  • LGBT History Northern Ireland 

Scotland

  • National Museums Scotland
  • Glasgow Life Museums
  • 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
  • IHLIA LGBT Heritage (Amsterdam)
  • Labour Museum Werstas (Tampere)

England

  • Archives and Collections, Library of Birmingham
  • Berkshire Record Office
  • Birmingham Museums Trust
  • Bishopsgate Institute 
  • Bolton Library and Museum Services
  • British Library 
  • British Museum
  • Britten Pears Foundation
  • Charleston Trust
  • Cornwall Museums Partnership
  • Dorking Museum
  • Dundee Libraries
  • Glyndebourne
  • Goldsmiths Centre for Queer History
  • Gunnersbury Park Museum
  • Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
  • Hertfordshire County Council
  • Hull Museums 
  • Imperial War Museum 
  • Islington Museum 
  • Kingston University
  • Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
  • Liverpool Museums
  • Leeds Museum and Art Gallery 
  • London Metropolitan Archives
  • LSE Library
  • Manchester 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
  • Oxford Museum
  • People’s History Museum
  • Pitt Rivers Museum
  • Plymouth LGBT Community Archive 
  • Portsmouth City Council
  • Queer Britain
  • 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
  • Senate House Library, University of London
  • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
  • Southend Museums Service
  • Suffolk Archives
  • Surrey History Centre 
  • Tate
  • The Box (Plymouth)
  • 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
  • Watford Museum
  • Watts Gallery
  • Wellcome Collection
  • Wikimedia UK
  • York Museums Trust