Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art

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7 / 10

4 expert reviews

“The world’s first museum dedicated to exhibiting and preserving LGBTQ art has a permanent collection of more than 30,000 objects and a research library.”

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Fodor's Fodor's
"The well-curated exhibits are usually photographic, with much of it sexually charged or at least homoerotic." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
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"Expected to double in size in 2016, the world's first museum dedicated to LGBT themes stages six to eight annual exhibitions of both homegrown and international art." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"The first LGBTQ art museum in the world was born from the collection of Charles W. Leslie and Fritz Lohman, pioneers who started collecting and exhibiting this genre in 1969. " Full review
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Note: Some of the material is highly erotic, which may make some viewers uncomfortable.

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