Would you like to contribute to a gender exhibition in Bristol next year?
Bristol Museums in partnership with National Museums Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Museums are working on an exhibition about gender. The exhibition will open in Bristol in Spring 2025, and then tour to the other cities.
They want to work with groups of people to select objects for the exhibition and provide responses based on their own lived experience of gender, which could be included in the show. In Bristol, they would like to focus on working with LGBTQ+ people for these sessions.
During the sessions, participants will look at objects from Bristol Museums’ collections, and discuss and make recommendations on which ones should be featured in the exhibition. They will discuss their responses to the objects, and any reflections or questions the objects might prompt, based on participants’ own lived experience of gender. Some of these responses will also be included in the show, with participants’ consent.
These sessions will be led by a professional facilitator with expertise in LGBTQ+ topics, and participants will be paid for their time. The sessions are expected to take place in June and July this year, probably at M Shed or Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, and take about half a day of an individual’s time.
If you are interested or want more information, contact Steven Bradley, Exhibitions & Displays Manager, Bristol Museums.
Email: Steven.Bradley@bristol.gov.uk
