To mark LGBT+ History Month, the Modern Records Centre's new exhibition highlights some of the sources on LGBTQ+ experiences, identities and activism included in our archive collections.

Items on display range from 1970s Gay Liberation Front publications, a 1905 book on Oscar Wilde passed between owners as a symbol of (then illegal) identity, photos of demonstrations and a contemporary 1950s article on Roberta Cowell.

The exhibition will be open to all throughout February during our usual opening hours.

To mark LGBT+ History Month 2021, our online exhibition 'Strength Through Unity' looks at zines, student newspapers and other publications which show aspects of the LGBT+ experience over the past 50 years.

Then & Now: Arts at Warwick is a new online exhibition researched and curated by students on the history of the Arts Faculty: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/applyingtostudy/currentstudents/thenandnow

Undergraduate and postgraduate students from across the Arts worked collaboratively to conduct archival research at the Modern Records Centre and Students’ Union Archive, and conducted interviews with current and former staff and students. The exhibition has been divided into six themes to build the narrative of how Arts students have experienced their time at Warwick, including Art & Architecture, Degree Timeline and an Interactive Campus Map.

You can also read an interview with two members of the student-led team in The Boar: https://theboar.org/2020/06/interview-with-then-and-now-arts-at-warwick/.