Volunteer of the Month: Leo Karongo
1. October 2020
Ein Interview mit dem SMU-Ehrenamtlichen Leo
Ein Interview mit dem SMU-Ehrenamtlichen Leo
A mysterious bottle with an enchanted label: "Dream Water" is our object of the month.
There is no way of imagining the Schwules Museum without Klaus Kruska. This doesn’t come as a surprise, since he is among more
An interview with our fabulous volunteer Maria Bormuth about her work in the museum.
The calendar WOMEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS was published in New York in 1984. Each month is illustrated with a photograph taken more
December’s Object of the Month is a recent addition to our art collection thanks to the generosity of Boris Kollek: a charcoal more
Our object of the month November is the magazine "Du & Ich"
Dietgard Salein, 54, teaches conflict management, art and philosophy - and she works voluntarily in the library of the Gay Museum.
James Diskant has been working in the archives of the Schwules Museum since 2017. We talked to him about his research on more
Annie Sprinkle is proud to have had sex in thousands different ways. And as diverse as her sex life is, as a person more
Homolulu – The Birth of a Volcano or the Attempt to Make Utopia Reality was the first international homosexual conference in Frankfurt am more
Karl Lagerfeld has left the world. He was not only known as the visionary fashion designer of Chanel, but also as a more
Nadja Schallenberg gifted this album to her parents for Christmas 1990. At that time, she was 20 years old and was going more
KAOS GL ile yürüttüğümüz arşiv-katalog projesi bağlamında, Türkiye’den gelen ilk posta KAOS dergi arşivini müzemiz arşivine katmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz. In the context more
Jürgen Wittdorf (1932 - 2018) The painter, designer, and ceramicist Jürgen Wittdorf died on December 2nd just last year. The Schwules Museum more
Ralph Mohnhaupt was best known as a member of the gay theater group „Brühwarm“ from Hamburg. But already at the beginning of the 70's more
Much has been said about the end of World War I on 9.11.1918. In addition to homophile Prince Max von Baden, Harry more
From outside it looks like an unsuspecting, harmless apple crate - but when one looks into the peephole, a dimly lit scene more
In November 1978, the first gay book store in Germany opened on Bülowstraße in Berlin. At the time it was called Prinz more
Widely known for his photographic portraits of men and for documenting important gay history moments such as the HAW demonstration in Berlin more
In September we recieved a T-Shirt, a Polo Shirt, a framed newspaper article, and a piece of a rainbow flag from the more
Luana Muniz was a Brazilian activist known for sheltering other transvestites, besides transexuals, prostitutes, and HIV-positive people, in her big house in more
The exhibition Queer City: Stories from São Paulo, displayed at Schwules Museum between November 2017 and January 2018, had at least two more
In August we continued the professional documentation of our textile or costume archive, a documentation which photographer Till Rimmele has donated to more
There’s a history of collecting „Pink Things” in the Schwules Museum. But not a lot of things relate directly to us – more
Our Object of the Month June is the July edition of EMMA from 1984, featuring a lesbian bridal couple on its cover. more
Our Object of the Month in May is a Time Magazine edition from 31 August, 1970, featuring Kate Millett on the cover. more
Professional indexing makes entirety of GDR holdings at the Schwules Museum* accessible.
Uli Fischer talks about his experiences at the Gay Museum
Since Sydney Ramirez visited the Schwules Museum for the first time in 2015 as a tourist, she knew: ''I want to work more
In the 80s and 90s Petra Gall photographed primarily Berlin's woman's and lesbian scene. The three objects of the month show the more
October's Object of the Month is a true eye-catcher from Renata Ravell