Essential Information

Type Events and festivals
Location
In Greenwich
Date and Times Throughout February 2025

Each year we mark LGBTQ+ History Month, celebrating the queer histories in Royal Museums Greenwich's collections and the magnificent communities we work with.

We'll be back in 2025 with a fantastic series of events hosted at the National Maritime Museum and the Queen's House.

Check back on this page for more details, and discover how you can be part of LGBTQ+ History Month in Greenwich.

What’s On

Check out all the LGBTQ+ History Month events taking place at Royal Museums Greenwich.

Family fun | LGBTQ+

February half term at the National Maritime Museum

Join us for Out at Sea, a series of family activities and performances inspired by LGBTQ+ History Month!
15 - 23 February 2025 | 11am-4pm
Free
National Maritime Museum
Family fun | LGBTQ+

Out at Sea

Visit the National Maritime Museum, Queen's House and Cutty Sark this February half term for a week-long festival of LGBTQ+ history!
15-23 February 2025
Free
In Greenwich
Talks and tours | Museum Lates

Queer History Night

Researchers and artists share their journeys into the museum archives as part of LGBTQ+ History Month
Thursday 20 February 2025 | 6-9pm
Free
Queen's House
Events and festivals | Museum Lates

Fierce Queens: En Vogue

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, the Queen's House is throwing open its doors for a fashion show like no other!
Friday 28 February 2025 | 7-11pm
Adults: £16 | Concessions and students (18+): £13 | Companions FREE
Queen's House
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Fierce Queens
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Out At Sea
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Out At Sea
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LGBTQ+ Families in Residence
5 / 9
Fierce Queens
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HMS Pride
7 / 9
Fierce Queens
8 / 9
Out at Sea
9 / 9
The Queen's House

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Get involved

Can't wait until February? Check out more LGBTQ+ activities, communities and stories at Royal Museums Greenwich.

Community
LGBTQ+ Family Network
A safe space for local LGBTQ+ families to meet one another, get involved in creative activities for all ages and explore the stories within the collection
Join now
Audio guide
Fierce Royals
Get ready for an audio guide with a difference: join drag king and historian Christian Adore and celebrate LGBTQ+ histories in Greenwich
Find out more
Take part
Queer History Club
An informal, community-centred research group meeting monthly at the National Maritime Museum
Find out more about the group
Online lecture
Recovering the queer history of Britain’s Navy
Dr Seth Stein LeJacq investigates sexual cultures during the age of sail
Watch on YouTube
History
A fresh look at 'female sailors'
Queer History Club researcher Ema explores the lives of people raised as women who lived and sailed as men in the 19th century
Learn more
Shop
Queer Footprints
£14.99
‘A love letter to queer London which reminds us that although we’re not always in the mainstream telling of history, we have always been here’-- Nathaniel Hall, playwright, and actor in It’s A Sin ‘Dan Glass is London’s unofficial queer mayor’-- Peter Staley, HIV activist and author of Never Silent‘Your back-pocket guide to our queer histories, full of joy and ammunition to claim our beautiful queer futures’-- Tash Walker, host of The Log Books podcast and co-chair of Switchboard LGBT+ HelplineThis ground-breaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious, and empowering events of London’s queerstory...
Buy now