Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tour

Date/time:

Wednesday 23 September 2026 1:00pm to 1:45pm

Location:

Sedgwick Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK

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Four illustrated portraits taped to a wall with colourful washi tape frames: a figure in a patterned robe and hat, a green dinosaur wearing a small pride pin, a bearded man in a plaid shirt, and a person in a ruffled collar and period dress.

Illustrations by Layo Danbury, 2025

About

We are proud to present our  LGBTQ+ tour as part of the University Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries programme. 

It is hard to say for certain that a 19th century scientist was queer just from their memoirs. It is difficult to know whether they were in a romantic relationship with the 'secretary' they lived with, or were they just that - a secretary. In the same era, were the two women who lived together for thirty years really just 'close friends'? Looking for queerness in Museum collections can be challenging. 

Join us to explore and celebrate queer histories linked to our collections and people, extricated and inferred from letters, choice words and omissions. 

For age 18+. 

FREE, drop into our shop to book your free place on the tour. For group bookings, email the Museum: sedgwickmuseum@esc.cam.ac.uk