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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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Starr Ratapu
Jul 20, 20223 min read
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...
Elizabeth Simpson
Dec 1, 20215 min read
Katherine Mansfield
A brief look at the life and loves of Katherine Mansfield. After discussing female companionship, it would be difficult not to talk about...
Elizabeth Simpson
Nov 29, 20214 min read
Who Was Sappho?
The famous poet Sappho may be well known, but not many details about her life are clear. Born around 615 B.C., her life and its events...
Elizabeth Simpson
Nov 22, 20214 min read
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: A Brief Look at the History of Female Companionship
Female companionship is something that has always existed but has shifted slightly depending on changing societal attitudes. These...
Starr Ratapu
Oct 29, 20214 min read
The Topp Twins: Country Music Stars, Radical Lesbian Feminists
Dame Lynda and Dame Julie (Jools) Topp, AKA the Topp Twins, have had incredibly varied and successful careers spanning four decades....
Elizabeth Simpson
Oct 8, 20214 min read
Happy International Lesbian Day
International Lesbian Day is a day for celebration in the lesbian community, but what exactly is International Lesbian Day? And what is...
Starr Ratapu
Sep 27, 20214 min read
It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To
“Reading between the lines is a life-long skill acquired by lesbians.” – Doreen Agassiz-Suddens All over the world and across every...
Annaida Varghese
Sep 20, 20214 min read
The Story of the Labrys
Lockdown has currently put a hold on all our archiving work at the Charlotte Museum until we go back down to Level 2 or Level 1. But...
Annaida Varghese
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Where To Get an Abortion
The cover page of Broadsheet Magazine Jan 1978, issue no. 56. While doing some archiving work for the Charlotte Museum, our team was...
Miriam Saphira
Feb 8, 20183 min read
Our Logo
Our Beginnings Since 2000 a group of women discussed how to preserve the many lesbian cultural objects such as labrys, paintings,...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sep 21, 20131 min read
A Small Sampling of Our Collection
See these items and more at the Charlotte Museum! Shown below are some of the interesting items we have on display at the museum.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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