October is Queer History Month, so we’re encouraging Edmontonians to bring everyday objects that tie into Edmonton’s LGBTQ2S+ history – especially lesbian and trans history.If you’ve been holding on to your first chest binder, a copy of “And Tango Makes Three”, or pins and posters from your GSA, come show them off! We’ll help you make a display. At the end of the day, you bring them home.
We’re also featuring special guest Curators from the Royal Alberta Museum who will be there to share pieces of the RAM’s own queer history collection.
If you’ve been holding on to your first chest binder, a copy of “And Tango Makes Three”, or pins and posters from your GSA, come show them off! We’ll help you make a display. At the end of the day, you bring them home.
We’re also featuring special guest Curators from the Royal Alberta Museum who will be there to share pieces of the RAM’s own queer history collection. Queer past. The team will showcase items that commemorate the fight for marriage equality in Canada and honor the activists past and present who continue to push for justice and inclusion for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members. Check out clothing worn by the grooms of one of Edmonton’s first legally recognized same-sex marriages and a pin collection from a local “Lavendar Menace,” or get expert tips on how to care for the objects in your personal collection.
Special Guests
Julia Petrov (she/her) is the Curator of Daily Life and Leisure at the Royal Alberta Museum, where she is responsible for collecting the materials reflecting the everyday lives and values of individuals and communities in Alberta. She is also adjunct academic staff at the University of Alberta’s Department of Human Ecology, researching how humans interact with their near environments. Julia has loved museums since she was a child, and her favourite RAM artifact is a basket made from an armadillo shell.
Julia Rudko (she/her) is a grateful guest and museums worker living in Treaty 6 territory. She is the Assistant Curator of Daily Life and Leisure at the Royal Alberta Museum where she cares for a collection of 50,000+ everyday objects from Albertans whose lives were equal measures just like and very different from her own. Julia’s favourite RAM artifact is a pair of brown leather boots from her great-grandfather’s general store in Waskatenau.
Kirstan Schamuhn (she/her) is a settler-Canadian from Treaty 6 territory. She is the Assistant Curator of Military and Government History for the RAM, which manages a collection of 65,000+ objects related to Albertans’ service in the military, politicians and political movements, government services, and numismatics. Her (current) favourite RAM artifacts are a collection of cartoons drawn by an Albertan who served in the Second World War as a cameraman with the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit.