Founded in 2014, The Museum of Transology is the UK’s most significant collection of material culture surrounding trans, non-binary and intersex lives.

Housed within Bishopsgate Institute, all items are accompanied by a personal handwritten message explaining the object’s significance. This means both story and object are archived as two parts of a whole, in a deliberate strategy to ensure the experiences surrounding trans, non-binary, and intersex people’s everyday lives are recorded in their own words, in perpetuity.

On 27 June 2020, the Museum began rapid-response protest collecting at the Black Trans Lives Matters march in London. Since then, almost five hundred signs have been collected at protests around the country, and hundreds of polaroid photos have been taken of the protestors holding them.

With an ever-expanding collection, these signs now need archiving – and we need your help. This evening event will provide an opportunity to explore the Museum of Transology archive and play a practical role in recording and cataloguing the collection for future generations.

Who is this event for?

Trans, nonbinary, intersex people and allies.

All welcome: you will receive training if you don’t have experience of archiving.

Practical information

18:00 - 20:00

The session takes place in the Bishopsgate Institute Library, which is fully accessible. If you have any queries regarding accessibility, please email us at: enquiries@bishopsgate.org.uk

No need to register, but please speak with the member of staff on the front desk on arrival, and they will direct you to the library.