New Museum Podcast: Queering Museums A new podcast began in February to mark LGBTQ+ month and is see

New Museum Podcast: Queering Museums A new podcast began in February to mark LGBTQ+ month and is seeking to give an insight into the different way that LGBTQ+ museum workers and people in related fields are changing and shaping museum practice and museums themselves.In it’s first week, Queering Museums focused on not only the importance of telling queer histories in museums to address how they have long been ignored or silenced, but also the how important it is for young people and the LGBTQ+ community to see their history represented, as well as the different ways that museums and museum professionals are trying to do it.   Each episode features interviews with people from different museums, the project doesn’t limit itself to a particular project or approach. This includes Margaret Middleton who talks about the importance of language, including the family friendly language, that makes space for children from families in all their shapes and constellations (see poster below). Their is also a discussion about how the stories and objects are often already there in museums collections, but have been hidden or obscured by euphemism (great example given about soldiers in the American Civil War). It’s also great to hear from people who work in “less obvious” positions in the museum infrastructure, or those discussing the ways that different types of museum approach the the topics (e.g. Episode 3 when talking about science museums and centres). Margaret Middleton’s poster summary of family friendly language, buy it here.The podcast quality is great and the production is slick, which makes it a pleasure to listen to. You can download it via iTunes, listen on Soundcloud or sign up using the podcast app of your choice. And don’t forget to follow their profile on Twitter and those of the masterminds behind the project: Sacha Coward, Russell Dornan and Shaun O’Boyle. Current Episodes: Episode 1: Voices Episode 2: Experiences Episode 3: Boundaries Related reading, projects and exhibitions:QueeringTheMuseum.org An online resource that states: “We focus on museums due to their ability to shape and define the communities in which we live. QTM believes that museums have a responsibility to account for the role played in constructing normalized ideas of race, gender and sexuality.”Never Going Underground exhibition at the People’s History Museums in Manchester, opened last week by Ian McKellen and telling the history of the figt for LGBTQ+ rights. The National Trust’s page on Exploring LGBTQ history at their sites. An interesting looks at how the LGBTQ+ stories become hidden or obscured, but not all are lost forever. Working together with Leicester School of Museum Studies to create a legacy from the 2017 anniversary of partial decriminalisation. Historic England’s Pride of Place project has a list of aims and objectives, not least - as the body that administers listed buildings in the UK - “nominate buildings or landscapes for consideration for local heritage listing on the basis of their significance to LGBTQ histories”.   A blogpost by the Te Papa Museum of New Zealand about their LGBTIQ+ collections and their importance in making the histories visible. The National Archive’s page on the Queer City project. If you know of any other resources, projects, podcasts or websites that you think should be inclided, get in touch. Listen here -- source link

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