GLBT Historical Society

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archives
gptkb:museum
gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:archive_location Mid-Market, San Francisco
gptkbp:archiveType tens of thousands of artifacts
hundreds of oral histories
over 900 collections
thousands of periodicals
thousands of photographs
gptkbp:awards GLAAD Media Award nomination
San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission Award
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:San_Francisco_Public_Library
community organizations
local schools
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director Andrew Shaffer
Terry Beswick
gptkbp:focus museum exhibitions
LGBTQ history
archival preservation
gptkbp:founded 1985
gptkbp:founder Gerard Koskovich
Greg Pennington
Paul Gabriel
Will Roscoe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GLBT Historical Society
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:membership gptkb:American_Alliance_of_Museums
gptkb:Society_of_American_Archivists
gptkbp:mission preserve and promote LGBTQ history
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Castro_District,_San_Francisco
gptkbp:notableCollection oral histories
photographs
ephemera
organizational records
personal papers
Harvey Milk archives
LGBTQ periodicals
gptkbp:notableEvent opened first stand-alone LGBTQ history museum in the U.S. in 2011
gptkbp:notableExhibit Angela Davis: OUTspoken
Out/Look and the Birth of the Queer
Performance, Protest & Politics
Queer Past Becomes Present
The Mayor of Castro Street: Harvey Milk
gptkbp:operates gptkb:GLBT_Historical_Society_Museum
gptkbp:serves gptkb:researchers
general public
students
LGBTQ community
gptkbp:taxStatus gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:website https://www.glbthistory.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sister_Roma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7