LGBTQ at NYPL

1969: The Year of Gay Liberation—Online by Jason Baumann, Susan and Douglas Dillon Associate Director for Collection Development and Coordinator of Humanities and LGBT Collections, Collections and Research Services, Stephen A. Schwarzman BuildingJuly 24, 2009

After a great run in the Stokes Gallery at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the 1969: The Year of Gay Liberation exhibition is now available online. The online exhibition includes selected images from the show, a complete checklist of the items that were on view, the full-text of the panels, and suggested reading. In addition, there is a panel version of the exhibition that will be traveling in the Library's sites throughout the year. You can see a preview of the panel exhibition online, and keep of with the exhibition schedule. The current schedule is as follows:

July 22–August 8: Grand Central Library

September 2–19: Hamilton Fish Library

September 23–October 10: Mulberry Street Library

October 14–31: 125th Street Library

November 4–21: Kips Bay Library

Interested in bringing this traveling version of 1969: The Year of Gay Liberation to your local library, school, hospital, organization, or other venues? Contact Susan Rabbiner, NYPL's Assistant Director for Exhibitions, @ 212-930-0757 or srabbiner@nypl.org.

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