Museum of Homosexuality

The Museum of Homosexuality, founded in 1985 by Andreas Sternweiler and Wolfgang Thays, is dedicated to the history of homosexuality and the LGBT movement in Germany and is located in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg.

The idea of creating a museum appeared in 1984, after the first thematic exhibition on the culture and life of homosexual men and women in Berlin, which was a huge success. So, a year later, through the efforts of activists, a museum was opened, the purpose of which is to destroy the one-sided negative image of persons of non-traditional sexual orientation and help to establish a tolerant attitude towards them.

This museum is the only organization in the world that studies all aspects of homosexual life: history, culture and art, and, of course, everyday life. Currently, the museum has 127 exhibitions, including temporary exhibitions showing magazines and newspapers, articles, posters, films and photographs, letters, costumes and more. Visiting them will reveal the touching and harsh history of homosexuality over 200 years, with a focus on Berlin’s gay culture.

The museum also has a library with more than fifteen thousand thematic publications (mainly in German and English), available to everyone.