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| Established | 1985 |
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| Location | Lützowstraße 73, 10785 Berlin, Germany |
| Website | www |
The Schwules Museum (English: Gay Museum) in Berlin, Germany, is a museum and research centre with collections focusing on LGBTQ+ history and culture. It opened in 1985 and it was the first museum in the world dedicated to gay history.[1]
The museum archive holds periodicals dating from 1896 and a collection of photographs, videos, films, sound recordings, autographs, art works, and ephemera. Its library holds approximately 20,000 books on homosexuality.
- ^ Sara Richards (17 February 2010). "Berlin's Schwules Museum, Exploring The Past And Present". NPR blogs. Retrieved 3 April 2010.