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GLBT History Museum

San Francisco, United States of America

GLBT History Museum

The GLBT Historical Society (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society) (formerly Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California; San Francisco Bay Area Gay and Lesbian Historical Society) maintains an extensive collection of archival materials, artifacts and graphic arts rel

ating to LGBTQ history in the United States, with a focus on the LGBTQ communities of San Francisco and Northern California. The society also sponsors the GLBT Historical Society Museum, a stand-alone museum that has attracted international attention. The Swedish Exhibition Agency has cited the institution as one of just "three established museums dedicated to LGBTQ history in the world" as of 2016. It is also the first full-scale, stand-alone museum of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history in the United States (and only the second in the world after the Schwules Museum in Berlin). The grand opening of the museum took place on the evening of January 13, 2011. Referred to as San Francisco's "queer Smithsonian", the GLBT Historical Society is one of approximately 30 LGBTQ archives in the United States—and is among the handful of such organizations to benefit from a paid staff and to...

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