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We are proud to present our LGBTQ+ tour as part of the University of Cambridge Museums 'Bridging Binaries' programme.
It is hard to say for certain that a 19th century scientist was queer just from their memoirs. It is difficult to know whether they were in a romantic relationship with the ‘secretary’ they lived with, or were they just that – a secretary? In the same era, were the two women who lived together for thirty years really just ‘close friends’? Looking for gender queerness in museum collections can be challenging.
Join us to explore and celebrate queer histories linked to the Museum's collections and people, extricated and inferred from letters, choice words and omissions.
For age 18+.
FREE, drop-in. For groups, please email us to book in advance: sedgwickmuseum@esc.cam.ac.uk
Illustrations by Layo Danbury, 2025
