The Charlotte Museum Trust collects and preserves artefacts of lesbian culture such as labrys, music, theatre, film, literature, art and other memorabilia from early lesbian life in New Zealand / Aotearoa. Currently we have a collection of 127 lesbian cultural artifacts: Labrys (in bone, glass and silver), domestic ware, lesbian ceramics, 1700 lesbian books and many of the early magazines from both New Zealand and overseas.
The Charlotte Museum is open Thursday to Saturday, 12 noon to 4pm, at Unit 6, level 2, 58 Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn.
Read reviews of recent events at the Charlotte Museum.
Coming event:
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Annual General Community Meeting
Charlotte Museum Trust will hold an annual general community meeting on Thursday July 9 at 5.30 pm.
This is an opportunity for lesbians to make suggestions as to what they would like to see in the Charlotte Museum, what events they would like and other ideas of fundraising and administration. -
LEZZIE TUNES
Celebrate the Autumnal end of the month Listen to lesbian music on vinyl, next Friday 5.30 31 July
Gather at the Charlotte Museum, 5.30 - 7.30pm. 6/58 Surrey Cres. Grey Lynn
This is an opportunity to listen again (or for the first time!) to the music, New Zealand and international, that NZ lesbians listened to in the 1970s, 1980s.
A koha to support the work of the museum and to help with the costs of the Lezzie Tunes nights would be appreciated. If you wish to become a friend of Charlotte Museum please email us and we can send you the details.
2009 dates: 31 July 28 August . - Drawing Competition Lesbian Sexuality In The Seventies
Wanted drawings on lesbian sexuality.
Charlotte Museum Trust plans to hold an exhibition on lesbian sexuality. In preparation for this we are planning a drawing competition on lesbian sexuality.
Prize $100 for Judges pick
A3 size $10 per entry to cover admin and return postage
Please send drawing and payment to PO Box 47 398 Ponsonby Auckland 1144 or drop it off at the Charlotte Museum: 6/58 Surrey Cres. Grey Lynn during museum opening hours Thursday, Friday and Saturday 12pm 4pm
Closing date July 10th
Celebrating Early Lesbian Theatre
The Heritage Exhibition on Early Lesbian Theatre is now open at the Charlotte Museum,
6/58 Surrey Cres. Grey Lynn
This is an opportunity to learn of theatre courageously presented to New Zealand in the seventies
and eighties such as Back Street Theatre and the Broadsheet Road shows.
The Heritage Exhibition on Early Lesbian Theatre is now open at the Charlotte Museum,
6/58 Surrey Cres. Grey Lynn
This is an opportunity to learn of theatre courageously presented to New Zealand in the seventies
and eighties such as Back Street Theatre and the Broadsheet Road shows.
Opportunity for museum studies
We have free student places available for any lesbians who are interested in preserving our herstory and wish to do the Museum Standards certification. It is not arduous and can be done around other commitments - no deadlines in this course! The practical components of the course can be carried out at Charlotte.
New Zealand lesbian history on the web
- Lady-Husbands
and Kamp Ladies: Pre-1970 Lesbian Life in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Alison Laurie's PhD thesis (pdf 2.5 Mb)
This study explores pre-1970 lesbian life and lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand before the impact of women's and gay liberation and lesbian-feminism, using written sources and oral histories.
Charlotte Museum shop
The Museum Shop has a range of lavender products, CD's, snake Goddess, T-shirts and memorabilia. We can do mail order if you email us at charlottemuseum@gmail.com
We have available: Catalogue of the Heritage Exhibition on Early Lesbian Theatre
Jo Mears theatrical photography: A Girls Night Out: we have one of Jo Mears mannequins for sale for $500,
of which $100 goes to the museum.
The Charlotte Museum has received it first bequest, from the Bronwen Dean estate. This has enabled us to install the Bronwen Dean Oral Herstory Listening Post, for listening to our own recordings made by Vita, the Charlotte Museum Lesbian Oral Herstory Recording Group.
All donations are fully tax deductible.
We have black T-shirts with our logo for a $35 donation as a fund raiser - email
charlottemuseum@gmail.com
or send cheque to:
The Charlotte Museum Trust,
PO Box 47 398,
Ponsonby,
Auckland 1144
