Spotlight

Beyond the collection

The spotlight section is where to find things that involve the Museum of Transology, our partners, friends and family. It includes books, articles, news, workshops, exhibitions, people, tributes and more. Filter the topics to find the things you are interested in.

The archive of Museum of Transology exhibitions is at the bottom of this section.

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Article 29 Oct 2019

Goldsmiths, University of London. (2019) Expose Yourself in Public: How to uncensor queer history.

To mark the close of our exhibition How Chicago! we will once more screen the documentary Hairy Who & The …

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Article 15 May 2019

Hyperallergic. (2019) A Collection Devoted to Intimate Trans Stories.

With its focus on the quotidian, the Museum of Transology is in many ways the antithesis of the media spectacle …

8 Feb 2019

University of Leicester. (2019) Museums and the Transgender Tipping Point.

Over the past decade there has been a growing number of museum exhibitions and displays featuring transgender lives, reflecting an …

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Article 5 Jul 2018

Museum Crush. (2018)

The Museum of Transology telling the story of people’s gender journeys. Rachelle Foster talks to E-J Scott, dress historian and …

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Article 1 June 2017

Brighton Pride. (2017) Museum of Transology.

This bold, brave and profound collection of artefacts and photographic portraiture began with donations from Brighton’s vibrant trans community. It …

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Article 22 Jul 2017

The Brighton Source. (2017) Museum Of Transology Review.

As SOURCE wanders through Brighton Museum’s new Transology exhibit, we chat with a friendly lady called Lisa. She’s come all …

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Article 12 Apr 2017

London College of Fashion (UAL). (2017) The Museum of Transology exhibition is heading to Brighton.

The Museum of Transology exhibition at Fashion Space Gallery, is on until 22 April so next week is your last …

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Article 2 Apr 2017

The Fashion Studies Journal. (2017) Museum of Transology.

The diverse array of personal stories gathered by curator and fashion historian E-J Scott for the Museum of Transology is …

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Article 8 Feb 2017

Wonderland. (2017) Interview: Museum of Transology.

We chat to E-J Scott about London’s Museum of Transology.

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Article 6 Feb 2017

Wonderland. (2017) Eyes On: Museum of Transology.

The insightful “Museum of Transology” exhibition opens today at the Fashion Space Gallery.

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Article 25 Jan 2017

The Independent Museum of Transology: The exhibition of everyday objects that are extraordinary for trans people

The curator behind the UK's largest collection of trans artefacts explains why everyday objects take on new important at the …

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Article 23 Jan 2017

Documenting Transgender Experience Through Everyday Objects

A vital new London exhibition entitled Museum of Transology relays individual gender journeys through the seemingly arbitrary ephemera associated with …

Past MoT Exhibitions

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20 July 2017 to 3 June 2018

Brighton Museum & Gallery

The QTIBIPOC collection From the Museum of Transology

The QTIBIPOC collection: From the Museum of Transology

Bush Theatre:

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2014

Marlborough Pub & Theatre

Museum of Transology Founded in 2014, referred to as the UK’s ‘trans tipping point’. The MoT is now the world’s …

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11 March 25 to 11 May 25

Lethaby Gallery

Transcestry: 10 years of the Museum of Transology

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20 January to 22 April 2017

Fashion Space Gallery

Museum of Transology's first major exhibition