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Revising for my symposium hosting role #QueerHeritageAndCollectionsNetwork supported by @ArtFund w/ @NationalTrust @EnglishHeritage @HistoricEngland @HRP_Palaces
Book for @DrBouchard @RSMuseumStudies @RachaeleLennon @EJScott2010 @CuratorMatthew @MxSeanC
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-heritage-and-collections-network-symposium-tickets-131368931009
Book for @DrBouchard @RSMuseumStudies @RachaeleLennon @EJScott2010 @CuratorMatthew @MxSeanC
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-heritage-and-collections-network-symposium-tickets-131368931009
So many years after Section 28, I see @RachaeleLennon's positioning of heritage work in inclusive histories as a necessary antidote: "representing difference in the families whose lives are publicly presented is an important element in welcoming LGBTQ+ children and ... parents."
Strong conclusion from @RachaeleLennon to resist collective forgetting, it is our responsibility "to continue to look again, to research, to better understand the lives lived in connection to its places and objects, and to pass that knowledge onto the next generation."
On the @MoTransology by @EJScott2010: "Museums create meaning. To not be included on the walls of a museum is to be rendered historically homeless. It is to be told that your existence is meaningless, that you are the unspeakable, that you are destined to be forgotten" 
Both @RachaeleLennon and @EJScott2010 have stressed the powerful role heritage sites have, E-J says they can "use their social agency to foster greater social cohesion by helping to demystify opressed groups".
While @CuratorMatthew talks about the importance of collaboration across the whole organisation (curatorial, interpretation, learning dept, press, comms, front of house) it was the "energy and fun" that won hearts and made the "subversive, witty and inclusive" message a success!
In 'Bringing Queer Home' @MattJSmithcom @RSMuseumStudies make a strong case for 'queer' citing examples from respected practitioners like @NikkiSu92993809 @AndrewGM3 Matt Cook, Stuart Hall for how it opens up "processes of curation at historic sites to include queer histories."
MS+RS give @CharlestonTrust as a positive example where queer histories are celebrated rather than excluded, in contrast to Alison Oram's (who will present the @HistoricEngland session) statement that an historic house 'generally reflects dominant ideas about the national past".
It's about telling whole story, and @MattJSmithcom @RSMuseumStudies state, "inclusion of queer histories should ... be understood as a core part of the curatorial remit and not something that can be arbitrarily be excluded on the preferences, concerns and fears of individual(s)."
Two quotes remind me why @Our_MoH @LGBTIQOutside are amazing.
"To not be included on the walls of a museum is to be rendered historically homeless" @EJScott2010
"Home (was where) queer people could make their own spaces" @MattJSmithcom @RSMuseumStudies https://twitter.com/our_MoH/status/1348213010217758720?s=20
"To not be included on the walls of a museum is to be rendered historically homeless" @EJScott2010
"Home (was where) queer people could make their own spaces" @MattJSmithcom @RSMuseumStudies https://twitter.com/our_MoH/status/1348213010217758720?s=20
Alison Oram will present the results of Pride of Place @HistoricEngland developed with @JustinBengry, which included listing changes / additions recognising LGBTQ+ history @ShibdenHall @BrittenPears @SissinghurstNT Bucks Mills Cabin and also consider the legacy of the project.
Finishing with @MxSeanC manifesto for @SuttonHouseNT even if your site does not have obvious links to LGBTQ+ history, you can still "be a safe and welcoming place for LGBTQ+ people" work with the community to "make sure your deepest engagment is with local groups and individuals"
With that in mind @MxSeanC chose to "address more intersectional LGBTQ+ identities, by focusing on those who are doubly margainalised people whitin the community" while also emphasising @SuttonHouseNT links to radical politics and grassroots campaigining.
BONUS! @TJWButler @Julie_In_Space @RSMuseumStudies on 'Exile' @NTKingstonLacy it "was our chance to empower visitors, helping them to reflect ... and inspire them to think differently ... feel emotionally connected ... with a new understanding of LGBTQ+ experience today". 
