The Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections (ALMS) Conference is an international event focussed on the work by public, private, academic, and grassroots organisations which are collecting, capture and preserving archives of LGBTQ+ experiences, to ensure their histories continue to be documented and share The first GLBT ALMS Conference was held in Minnesota in 2006, co-hosted by the Tretter Collection and the Quatrefoil Library. The London conference in 2016 focused on exploring margins, borders, barriers and intersections of LGBTQ+ historical research and collecting, while the 2019 conference in Berlin focused on exploring the potential of generating audiences for queer archives, libraries, museums and special collections, with a special emphasis on the arts and artistic interventions.

History

The first GLBT ALMS Conference was held on May 18–21, 2006, and presented by the Quatrefoil Library, the University of Minnesota Libraries and the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies. The mission of the conference: Keynote speakers included

Barbara Gittings Barbara Gittings (July 31, 1932 – February 18, 2007) was an American LGBTQ movements, LGBTQ activist. She started the New York City, New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) in 1958, edited the national DOB magazine ''The Ladde ...

and

Frank Kameny Franklin Edward Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement. During the Lavender scare, in 1957, Kame ...

Past Conferences

2006 GLBT ALMS Conference * Minnesota, May 18–21 * Hosted by the Quatrefoil Library and the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies 2008 GLBT ALMS Conference * New York, May 8–10 * Hosted by the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS) 2011 LGBT ALMS Conference * West Hollywood and UCLA, May 12–15 * Hosted by the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives and the UCLA Library – Center for Women 2012 LGBTI ALMS Conference: "The Future of LGBTI Histories" * Amsterdam, August 1–3 * Hosted by the International Homo/Lesbian Information center and Archive (IHLIA) 2016 LGBTQ+ ALMS Conference: "Without Borders" * London, June 22–24 * Hosted by the

City of London The City of London, also known as ''the City'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county and Districts of England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in England. It is the Old town, his ...

through

London Metropolitan Archives The London Archives (previously known as the Greater London Record Office 1965–1997, and London Metropolitan Archives 1997–2024) is the principal local government archive repository for the Greater London area, including the City of London ...

in partnership with

Bishopsgate Institute Bishopsgate Institute is a cultural institute in the Bishopsgate area east of the City of London. The institute was established in 1895. It offers a cultural events programme, courses for adults, historic library and archive collections, and a ...

and the University of Westminster 2019 LGBTQ+ ALMS Conference: "Queering memory" * Berlin, 27–29 June * Hosted by Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft, Feministisches Archiv, and

Haus der Kulturen der Welt The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), in English House of World Cultures, in Berlin is Germany's national center for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societi ...

* Sponsored by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin, and Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld

References

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External links

* ''GLBT ALMS 2008'' i
CLAGSnews Fall 2008

GLBT ALMS Conference 2008 program

LGBTI ALMS 2012 blog

LGBTQ+ ALMS 2016 website

ALMS 2019 website
Library-related organizations Museum-related professional associations LGBTQ conferences