Gendering The Museum

Do You Want to Tell New Stories About Gender?

Gendering the Museum is a PDF toolkit aimed at museum and heritage professionals, as well as community groups.

It provides practical guidance for curatorial, interpretation, programming and front-of-house staff to change the representation of gender in museums, galleries and heritage sites.

We hope this toolkit will be useful for you if you are a museum or heritage professional who...

wants to tell new stories about gender.

is looking for new ways to diversify your representation of gender, or new insights into the gendered stories hidden within your existing collection.

needs guidance on helping people of all genders feel welcome and represented in your museum or heritage space.

Interested in our toolkit?

Find out all you need to know, and download the toolkit for your organisation, over on our Toolkit page.

Featured Case Studies

These featured case studies give real-life examples of how you can gender objects in museums and heritage sites.

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Gendering The Museum

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Mask for the Commedia dell’Arte character Pulcinella

Mask for the Commedia dell’Arte character Pulcinella

Snuff box

Snuff box