#CharlotteMuseumTrust

Jan 19, 20163 min read

It’s all about you: finding community in a museum

There is no doubt in the mind of anyone affiliated with the Charlotte Museum Trust, that preserving lesbian heritage and culture is an...

Dr. Alison J. Laurie

Dec 21, 20155 min read

Vanishing Lesbians? Dr Alison J Laurie considers the history and significance of lesbian spaces

Are lesbians vanishing? Or has the way we understand visibility changed? World wide, it seems that there are very few lesbian bars, clubs...

“Am I changing into something of a monster or am I just claiming back my rights?”

Miriam Saphira

Nov 2, 20152 min read

“Am I changing into something of a monster or am I just claiming back my rights?”

Could violence be liberating? Not a commonly posed question concerning women’s relationship to the serious issue of domestic and related...

Miriam Saphira

Aug 23, 20153 min read

Why not a lesbian museum? Miriam Saphira reflects

In 2001 a small archives group was set up in Auckland to try to encourage people to write their stories and send them to LAGANZ (Lesbian...

Jul 23, 20153 min read

Self Love

I am not sure I even remember my first selfie. It was definitely taken on a 35mm semi-automatic film camera, and definitely using a...

Jun 26, 20154 min read

Jumping on board the flag wagon: union jacks and rainbow stripes

Flags are an excellent way of identifying things from a distance – Raleigh Choppers parked at the end of a suburban street – for example....

Jun 9, 20155 min read

A little something we like to call volunteering

Who keeps the cogs turning, the balls rolling, and the gears oiled when it comes to the Charlotte Museum Trust? In this blog we let you...

May 25, 20155 min read

For lesbian lips only.

The Charlotte Museum Trust contains within its archives a selection of lesbian feminist newsletters and magazines from the 1980s. Run by...

May 12, 20153 min read

Colour glaze and venereal disease: food for thought

Recently I had the pleasure of playing tourist in the fine city of Auckland, casting aside my commuters’ hat in favour of walk socks and...

May 1, 20153 min read

Compulsory Invulvament

Over the last few weeks I learned a number of valuable lessons – the plural of vulva is vulvae, Hamilton is the knitting capital of New...

Apr 13, 20153 min read

When lesbians knit.

You know that feeling when you come across a photo of a woman knitting and you know you know her partner from somewhere but for the life...

Mar 28, 20153 min read

A poppy by any other name – or – when is a vulva not a vulva?

When I was young, every Anzac Day we had a school flag hoisting; rows of fidgeting primary schoolers contemplating the significance of a...

Vida Quivooy

View of Our Street | Karangahape Road Queer Space

This blog is taken from the zine 'VIEW OF OUR STREET' a companion zine to the exhibition A View of OUR STREET 16 June 2023 - 9 September...

Starr Ratapu

The Rise (and Rise) of Zines

Auckland Zinefest is just around the corner! To celebrate, we’re looking at the rise of zine publishing and the role it plays in...

Starr Ratapu

Keep Your Laws Off My Body: Roe v Wade - What It Means for Women in the US and Aotearoa

Image: Badges from the Charlotte Museum Collection Image: Broadsheet Magazine June 1977 Front Cover, from the University of Auckland...

Vida Quivooy

View of Our Street | Karangahape Road Queer Space

This blog is taken from the zine 'VIEW OF OUR STREET' a companion zine to the exhibition A View of OUR STREET 16 June 2023 - 9 September...

Starr Ratapu

The Rise (and Rise) of Zines

Auckland Zinefest is just around the corner! To celebrate, we’re looking at the rise of zine publishing and the role it plays in...

Starr Ratapu

Keep Your Laws Off My Body: Roe v Wade - What It Means for Women in the US and Aotearoa

Image: Badges from the Charlotte Museum Collection Image: Broadsheet Magazine June 1977 Front Cover, from the University of Auckland...

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Kirihimete hours will be: our last open day is Friday 20 December 2024 and we reopen after New Year on Wednesday 8 January 2025. Usual opening hours apply: Weds - Friday 10am - 4pm, & Saturday 11am -4pm.

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Kirihimete hours will be: our last open day is Friday 20 December 2024
and we reopen after New Year on Wednesday 8 January 2025.
Usual opening hours apply: Weds - Friday 10am - 4pm, & Saturday 11am -4pm.