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Symposiums

QHCN organises annual symposia to showcase innovative queer programming being developed in the heritage sector, as well as the projects funded directly by the Network.

All recordings are freely available online and can be viewed here:

Symposium 2025
Symposium 2024
Symposium 2023
Symposium 2022
Symposium 2021

"It is our responsibility to continue to look again, to research, to better understand the lives lived in connection to places and objects, and ask who is remembered and who is forgotten and to understand the power behind those choices."

Rachael Lennon, Queer Heritage and Collections Network

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Our Team

Our team is formed of experienced heritage freelancers, overseen by a Steering Group formed of the Founding Partners, with overall support currently provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Our Work

The Queer Heritage and Collections Network (QHCN) is a Subject Specialist Network. We support galleries, libraries, archives and museums to develop public programming that brings LGBTQ+ histories to the fore.

Our Goals

We address the needs of the heritage sector in relation to LGBTQ+ histories by providing peer support, delivering training workshops, and helping members to share their research within the sector and the wider public.


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