TRANSCESTRY celebrates the Museum of Transology’s first ten years of community collecting. The exhibition is the largest display of its kind to date, showcasing over 1,000 objects and stories donated by more than 1,000 members of the community.
This groundbreaking exhibition marks a decade of community collecting by the Museum of Transology – home to the world’s biggest collection of objects and stories celebrating trans, non-binary, and intersex lives.
Driven by community collaboration, this milestone exhibition is the largest exhibition of its kind showcasing over 1,000 personal artefacts donated by more than 1,000 members of the community from across the UK and Ireland. Running 11 March – 11 May 2025, TRANSCESTRY amplifies underrepresented, and often forgotten, stories from the trans community, and celebrates resilience, identity and creativity.
Transcestry is led by E-J Scott, Founder of the Museum of Transology and Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Culture, Criticism & Curation. Central Saint Martins students and staff are actively involved, developing accessibility features and exploring innovative curatorial practices and queer gallery design methodologies.
Funders: This programme is generously funded by Art Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Public programme partners: Bishopsgate Institute, Queer Circle, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Duckie and Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at University of Leicester.
15 museums, galleries and archives (including one book shop) have helped to bring this project to life as collecting partners:
Birmingham Museums, M Shed, Bristol Museums, St Fagans National Museum of History, Wales, V&A, Dundee, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Leeds City Museum, Manchester Central Library, National Museums N.I., Sea City Museum, The Box, Plymouth, paperxclips Bookshop, Belfast, Millenium Library, Norfolk, National Library of Scotland, Trans Pride Centre, Brighton, Moving Image Archive in Kelvin Hall.
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