On 5 April 1895, writer Oscar Wilde was arrested, charged with gross indecency. The ripple effect was felt by many, including Brighton-born artist Aubrey Beardsley… Beardsley was born in 1872 to an upper middle class family, although his father had … Continued
The Bishopsgate Institute is an important cultural centre in the heart of London that houses one of the world’s most renowned LGBTIQ+ collections, including sources from Stonewall, Outrage!, and Switchboard. Naturally, as volun-queers, we were keen to visit the archives … Continued
I was very excited to become part of the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Queer The Pier community curators’ team. My understanding of what we mean by ‘Queer’ has grown in recent years to include not only sexuality but a … Continued
The first I knew about Clause 28 was a flyer I was handed outside Birmingham Cathedral in 1987. On one side was the famous poem which begins ‘First they came for the socialists….’ about how in 1930s Germany the Nazis … Continued
Living in Gloucestershire in 1989 nothing got my heart racing more than the brown A4 envelope that fell through my letter box once a month. Although ‘out’ at university, the anti-gay hysteria whipped up during the Thatcher years forced me … Continued
Queer the Pier volunteers have been busy over the last few months! Each of us have been researching areas of Brighton’s LGBTIQ+ history that are significant for us. From non-normative bodies and marginalised groups to the rise of drag in … Continued
For almost two years now, the Brighton Museum has housed the UK’s largest collection representing trans lives; The Museum of Transology. The exhibition currently displays diverse artefacts, including everything from prosthetics to train tickets, donated by Brighton’s vibrant trans community. … Continued
DV8 student Harry Symes has recently been working with our programming team. In this guest post, he shares his thoughts on our experimental film exhibition at Brighton Museum. As part of my Media course at DV8, Brighton, I spent two … Continued
What do you get when you give a group of young people some iPads, a selection of objects and the freedom to make whatever they want? A masterpiece, that’s what. That’s pretty much what happened with the Museum Collective’s latest … Continued
I’ve had a keen interest in photography from a very young age, probably inspired by my Grandad and Uncle who both loved it. Particularly my uncle, who would keep all of his photography equipment in the back of his car … Continued
For me, a highlight of working with museum collections is the little ‘side alley’ of information I can often find myself disappearing down. In my current role as collection assistant I am working with material from the Barnes Collection of film-related … Continued
Earlier this month, the new Spotlight Gallery exhibition, Ocean Blues, opened at Brighton Museum. The Spotlight Gallery, which previously held the Chilled to the Bone: Ice Age Sussex exhibition was created to allow changing exhibitions of around one year duration showcasing … Continued
It’s taken more than a week but I finally found time to nose around the most recently opened exhibition at Brighton Museum, Chilled to the Bone: Ice Age Sussex, upstairs in the Spotlight Gallery. Probably I hesitated because it’s so flipping … Continued
How many ice ages have there been in Earth’s past? Would you expect Britain to be hot or cold during an ice age? And just how big is a mammoth or a cave bear? With our latest exhibition – Chilled … Continued
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