Charlotte Museum Trust

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.

Location: 7a 43a Linwood Ave, Western Springs (off St Lukes Road from MOTAT)
Hours : Charlotte Museum will be open by appointment until Sunday 15th of January 2012 Phone (09) 846 5327

• Celebrating Heroines with a film on Marching with Pride
  At the Charlotte Museum Sunday January 29th 2012 at 4pm
  The new kiosk will be up and running with a range of short vignettes for individual viewing.
  Refreshments
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  NB The Charlotte Museum is funded by Friends of the Museum, GABA, ASB Community Trust, COGS, The Trusts Charitable, Constellation, Pelorus, Auckland City Council Local Boards, Pub Charity and Southern Trust.

Please consider becoming a Friend of Charlotte Museum less than $5 per month

You can view some of the museum artifacts on Charlotte Museum through NZMuseums on-line

Further information Ph 846 5327 or email: charlottemuseum@gmail.com

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.

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.
We have one of Jo Mears mannequins for sale for $500, of which $100 goes to the museum.

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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