This is a recording of the online session titled Queer Family Friendliness in Museums and Heritage Organisations, hosted by QHCN on 9 December 2024.

Museums and heritage organisations have been considering what it means to be family friendly for many years. Queer families have often remained on the edges of these programmes, projects and developments. More recently, some people have sought to place queer engagement activities in opposition to the needs of families in some cultural spaces. This session will bring together heritage practitioners and community voices to explore what it means for museums and heritage organisations to be queer family friendly.

This event was chaired by Rachael Lennon, with presentations by and Matt Taylor-Roberts (Proud 2 b Parents), Margaret Middleton and Vicky Iglikowski-Broad & Amy Marr (The National Archives), and with additional input from Lauryn Etheridge (English Heritage) and Jerzy Kierkuc-Bielinski (The National Trust).

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