Schwules Museum

Schwules Museum
Established1985
LocationLützowstraße 73, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Websitewww.schwulesmuseum.de

The Schwules Museum (English: Gay Museum) in Berlin, Germany, is a museum and research centre with collections focusing on LGBTQ+ history and culture. It opened in 1985 and it was the first museum in the world dedicated to gay history.

The museum archive holds periodicals dating from 1896 and a collection of photographs, videos, films, sound recordings, autographs, art works, and ephemera. Its library holds approximately 20,000 books on homosexuality.

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