Queer History Boston is a community archives that has documented, preserved, and shared histories of Boston and New England’s LGBTQ+ communities since 1980.
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Queer History Boston (formerly The History Project) maintains one of the largest independent LGBTQ+ archives in the nation. We steward more than 200 collections documenting the history of New England’s LGBTQ communities, from pre-Stonewall times to the present day.
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Queer History Boston
565 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Use of the archives is free and open to the public! Due to limited space in the archives, our hours are by appointment only.
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Using Bonfire's print-on-demand service, we've created swag for all your LGBTQ+ history needs. Order a shirt, sweatshirt, mug, or bag to show off your historic LGBTQ pride and support The History Project!
Queer History Boston provides opportunities for groups to engage with our mission to document, preserve, and share LGBTQ history.
We work with companies and affinity groups by providing enlightening and engaging activities for their employees. We also offer programs highlighting LGBTQ history for private groups of students, friends, colleagues, Meetup groups and anyone interested in LGBTQ history.
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