Collecting the past and present informs and inspires the future
IHLIA is the heritage organisation with a socially relevant and indispensable collection.
IHLIA is an independent organisation located in OBA Oosterdok in Amsterdam. IHLIA is continuously involved in collecting information about the LGBTI community and making it accessible. LGBTI stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexe person. Anyone can turn to IHLIA for information about homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders, and about their history, everyday life and culture.
The archive contains collections that are complete to a large extent and it contains several unique key collections and archives of other organizations. The archive in general is considered top quality and has national and international significance.
This archive is IHLIA’s guarantee for preserving the information of yesterday and today for tomorrow: that will keep LGBTI history alive for target groups in the future. Its function as a heritage organisation is to promote the social acceptance of LGBTIs. IHLIA focuses on LGBTI-related themes with regard to the lives of individuals and the LGBTI community in order to contribute to a balanced image of the entire society and to social well-being.
Executive Board of the IHLIA Foundation
- Koen Hilberdink (chairperson)
- Marcel van Steijn (treasurer)
- Remco van Dam (secretary)
- Wietske Dotinga
- Stephanie Schnorr
- Judith Schuyf
- Dino Suhonic
Executive Manager
Lonneke van den Hoonaard
Head of Collection
Wilfred van Buuren
Staff
- Feargal Agard
- Annelies van Brink
- Berry Feith
- Danny Halim
- Fleur Jacobs
- Anne van Lierop
- Gemma Rameckers
- Manon Roeper
- Thea Sibbel
- Dewi Vrenegoor
- Jack van der Wel
- Gerrit Weßel
Project staff
- Alex Bakker (coordination Extraordinary History)
- Herman Boers (projectleider Pink Life Stories)
- Hannah van Herk (project manager Never in the closet again and photographer collection)
- Martien Sleutjes (design, editing and printing Pink Life Stories and historical research)
- Helga Schoemakers (new collection management system and data storage)
- Anna Timmerman (quartermaster Rainbow Museum)
Volunteers
- Franklin Cremer
- Rens Dekkers
- Gerrit Groenendijk
- Marjet van der Heijden
- Niels de Konink
- Daniel Manor
- Martine Markus
- Alvaro Villalobos
- Gert van Vliet
Board of the Friends of IHLIA
- Josee Rothuizen (chairperson)
- Marcel van Steijn (treasurer)
- Werner Zonderop (secretary)
- Janfrans van der Eerden
