LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSEUM OF GAY AND LESBIAN ART
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Mission Statement
To exhibit and preserve art that speaks directly to the many aspects of the LGBTQ experience, and foster the artists who create it. We embrace the rich creative history of this community by educating, informing, inspiring, entertaining, and challenging all who enter our doors.
About This Cause
Created by our founders to preserve LGBTQ identity and build community, the Leslie-Lohman Museum aspires to reclaim scholarship from a queer perspective, provide a training ground for queer artists and cultural workers to examine the juxtaposition between art and social justice in ways that provoke dialogue and thought, while acting as a cultural hub for LGBTQ individuals and their communities. The Museum is the only dedicated LGBTQ museum that exhibits and preserves art that speaks about the LGBTQ experience. With a collection of over 30,000 objects, it hosts several major exhibitions and events throughout the year. The origins of the Leslie-Lohman Museum can be traced back to the civil rights movement of the late 1960s. In the context of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair and the Stonewall Inn Uprising, gay art collectors Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman presented their first exhibition in their Soho loft In the summer of 1969. The weekend show featuring a few downtown artists was a complete success attracting over 300 visitors, and becoming a seminal moment in the history of Leslie-Lohman Museum and LGBTQ arts and culture. In the midst of the ‘70s gay liberation movement, our founders, continued to exhibit the work of gay artists in various storefronts in Soho, finally settling in a basement gallery at 127-B Prince Street, which became host to art exhibitions and cultural programs (readings, plays, films, lectures, etc). During those years, Leslie and Lohman also were active advocates for the preservation of the neighborhood, its unique architecture, and the nascent community of artists living and working in its spacious lofts. During the AIDS pandemic, Charles and Fritz created a refuge for artists and their work. Along with providing care and lodging to ailing artists, they rescued the work of dying artists from families that out of shame or ignorance wanted to destroy it. This led to a great expansion of their art collection and the creation of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation in 1987. Through perseverance against the federal government, who was adverse to the word “gay” in the foundation’s title, it was finally granted tax-exempt status in 1990. Today, thanks to the hard work of generations of activists and artists, our community has gained greater visibility, however the fight for our rights is not over. The foundation has transitioned into a museum that aims to preserve LGBTQ cultural identity and build community, reclaim scholarship from a queer perspective and providing a training ground for queer artists and cultural workers. As we continue to stand at the intersection of art and social justice we acts as a cultural hub for LGBTQ individuals and their communities. It is located at 26 Wooster Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Suggested admission: $10. Open Wed-Sun, 12-6 pm, and Thurs, 12-8 pm. For more information: