About this Event
IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE ONLY
The Queer Heritage and Collection Symposium aims to explore the innovative and meaningful queer heritage practice being developed by cultural organisations across the UK and beyond. It will include presentations from open submissions and invited keynote speakers and panels.
- Day 1, 25 November 2025, 09:30-17:00
- Day 2, 26 November 2025, 09:30-15:30
Location: National Trust - Heelis, Swindon
The symposium will showcase innovative, experimental and emerging approaches to researching and publicly presenting queer histories, lives and communities.
The Digital Programme will be available soon on: https://queerhcn.org/symposiums/symposium-2025/
Keynotes by Michael Hall and Claye Bowler.
Speakers include:
- Keava McMillan & Alex Lednicky
- Alison Clague
- Timothy Moore
- Melissa Reeve-Rawlings
- Danilo Marques dos Reis & Zorian Clayton
- Law Roebuck
- Aria Tilove & Sylvia Hinz
- Marge Bradshaw
- Liz Hide & Layo Danbury
- Laura Chesover & Chloe Dennis
- Tash Walker
- Ben Walters
- Tim Jerrome
- Friday Schoemaker
- Celine Elliott, Simon Clark & Lauryn Etheridge
Attendance is free. Light refreshments will be provided at the start of the day. Lunch will not be provided, but the on-site café can be used to purchase food and drinks.
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The Queer Heritage and Collections Network is formed of a partnership between National Trust, English Heritage, Historic England, Historic Royal Palaces and Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (University of Leicester) supported financially by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
The Queer Heritage and Collections Network aims to achieve a step change in the capacities and confidence of everyone who works with LGBTIQA+ heritage (including museums and heritage bodies) by supporting them to be world leading in the way they use heritage to increase public understanding of, access to, and engagement with LGBTIQA+ heritage.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kemble Drive, Kemble Drive, Swindon, United Kingdom
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