IHLIA – LGBTI Heritage

Rainbow History & You

IHLIA proudly presents the exhibition With Pride: Rainbow History & You.

This exhibition has been specially developed for students. We therefore like to invite them – together with their GSAs, for example – to come and watch, but school leaders, mentors and parents/guardians are of course also very welcome.

Agenda

january 2023

WELCOME TO IHLIA LGBTI HERITAGE

Collecting the past and present informs and inspires the future

IHLIA is the heritage organisation with a socially relevant and indispensable collection.

IHLIA is continuously involved in collecting information about the LGBTI community and making it accessible. Anyone can turn to IHLIA for information about homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders, and about their history, everyday life and culture.

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DISCOVER LGBTI HERITAGE

Collection

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The IHLIA collection contains rare documents. To safeguard the quality of our collection, you may peruse all the material, but only at our location. On your request, we prepare everything you need.

Information about the collection

How to access the collection

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Specials

Memories of Gay Games Amsterdam 1998

In the run-up to August 2023 the Gay Games will be brought to life through known and unknown anecdotes and stories, videos and photos

Online collection

A small part of our collection is accessible online

Questions? Please email: info@ihlia.nl

Latest news

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IHLIA Research

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