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 LGBTQIA+ community and making it accessible. LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bi+, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people. Anyone can turn to IHLIA for information about the LGBTQIA+ community, and 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 LGBTQIA+ history alive for target groups in the future. Its function as a heritage organisation is to promote the social acceptance of LGBTQIA+ people. IHLIA focuses on LGBTQIA+-related themes with regard to the lives of individuals and the LGBTQIA+ community in order to contribute to a balanced image of the entire society and to social well-being.
Contact
Visiting address:
OBA Oosterdok
Oosterdokskade 143, 3rd floor
1011 DL Amsterdam
Tel: 020-5230837
Email: info@ihlia.nl
Opening hours IHLIA Plaza
Exhibitions and the book department
All year round without appointment and free to visit. Follow the opening hours of the OBA.
Monday to Friday: 08.00 – 22.00 hrs
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 20.00 hrs
Information desk (by appointment only!)
Monday to Thursday: 10.00 – 17.00 hrs
Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Not available
Executive Board of the IHLIA Foundation
- Dino Suhonić (chairperson)
- Pascal Molemans (treasurer)
- Wietske Dotinga
- Koen Hilberdink
- Martijn Rotgers
- Stephanie Schnorr
Executive Manager
Lonneke van den Hoonaard
Operational management
- Dewi Vrenegoor
Programme manager - Danny van Zuijlen
Financial manager
Head of Collection
Wilfred van Buuren
Staff
- Feargal Agard
- Annelies van Brink
- Jaïr van Dijk
- Fleur Jacobs
- Arlo van Lierop
- Julia Oei
- Michel Otten
- Gemma Rameckers
- Amber Redegeld
- Dewi Vrenegoor
- 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)
- Dymfke van Lanen (controller)
- Martien Sleutjes (design, editing and printing Pink Life Stories and historical research)
Volunteers
- Gerrit Groenendijk
- Paul Jager
- Niels de Konink
- Daniel Manor
- Martine Markus
- Lua Valino de Jong
- Alvaro Villalobos
- Gert van Vliet
Board of the Friends of IHLIA
- Kim van Dorp (chairperson)
- Pascal Molemans (treasurer)
- Mars Planting (secretary)
- Janfrans van der Eerden
- Josee Rothuizen
