The GLBT Historical Society was pleased to announce last month that we signed a five-year lease on a new museum space in the Castro located at 4127 18th St., thanks to a generous donation from the Walgreens Corporation (read more here). Now that the lease is signed, we have brought on a team of museum professionals to make this dream a reality. The exhibit design team lead by Elizabeth Cornu, de Young Museum Objects Conservator, also includes Craig Harris, Exhibit Designer; Alan Martinez, Architect; Steven King, Architect; Dr. Don Romesburg, Curator; Dr. Amy Sueyoshi, Curator, Gerard Koskovich; David Schellinger, Graphic Designer; and others.
 
The museum will begin with a soft opening this summer which will survey each element of our archival collection including, scrapbooks, periodicals, ephemera, clothing, original photographs, and few surprises. The Silver Anniversary exhibit will open this September. The GLBT Historical Society still needs to raise an additional $70,000. Please join us in this effort by making a donation to the new GLBT History Museum.

Kegel Kater and Nancy French in The Thrillpeddlers revival production of the Cockettes' - Pearls Over Shanghai, December 4, 2009 Photo by Daniel Nicoletta.

The GLBT Historical Society is proud to be part of the first annual Harvey Milk Day Celebration by showing a special exhibition in the windows of Harvey Milk's old camera shop located at 575 Castro Street.

The exhibit will be up on Saturday, May 22 in conjunction with other Milk themed events in the Castro including a showing of MILK at the Castro Theatre at 11am, The Sister's Tour De Castro Tricycle Race beginning at Cafe Flore, Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy street fair, an outdoor showing of The Life in Times of Harvey Milk at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center. Find out more at www.milkday.org.