We are delighted that a portion of the exhibition has been extended to 20 September 2026! You can find Past Shelves in the Huntly Room and Costume Gallery, on the first floor of the Museum. Opening hours: During the summer, the Museum is open 7 days a week, 10am-5pm. Join us for the Past Shelves […]
For every Ewan Forbes, there were dozens more people in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Scotland who lived lives that moved away from the gender to which they were assigned at birth. How can we find them, and what can (and can’t) we learn about them? In this workshop, we’ll discuss what historical sources can tell us […]
A friendly monthly discussion group about gay books and gay writing, for people who enjoy reading and talking about how gay writing has impacted our lives. We meet on the second Sunday of every month and we pick a different theme/topic each time. The theme for July is still TBC. You don’t need to prepare […]
Join us at our monthly Queer Joy book club! In July, we’ll be reading Unsuitable by Eleanor Medhurst. We normally meet on the third Sunday of each month to discuss queer books through a lens of finding joy in LGBTQ+ stories. Queer books are often distressing or tragic, so we started a book club focused […]
A monthly informal gathering to discuss literature by lesbians and queer women.
