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Cheeky Weekender at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Posted on 7th August, 2024

Have we got an August Bank Holiday weekend of events for you, Liverpool?? We’re taking the opportunity of Diego Velasquez’s “The Toilet of Venus” (better …

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Museum Bums events at V&A Dundee – 22-23 June 2024

Posted on 1st June, 2024

Coming up in June we have a weekend of free Museum Bum-y events at V&A Dundee, in collaboration with the University of Dundee’s LGBT+ Staff …

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Bookish Type – Book Talk and Signing – Sunday 19th May

Posted on 10th May, 2024

We’re delighted to be working with The Bookish Type and Leeds City Museum – for an upcoming talk and book signing. This free Queer History …

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A History of Bums: Bert’s Books – 2nd June

Posted on 9th April, 2024

We’re very excited to be holding an event with be-ribboned indie bookshop royalty, Bert’s Books! On 2nd June we’ll be giving a little talk, a …

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They’re Just Good Friends! – MShed, Saturday 24th February 2024

Posted on 18th January, 2024

For LGBTQ+ History Month this year, we’re talking on home turf at MShed Museum in Bristol. The short talk at 2:50pm is part of a …

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Museum Bums explore the inspirations for John Addington Symonds – OutStories Bristol and the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition – 7th October, 2pm

Posted on 6th September, 2023

Thank you to OutStories Bristol for inviting us to give this talk! We’ll be giving a light-hearted lecture on the Museum inspirations of John Addington …

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Bristol Book Launch – Friday 8th September – Waterstones (The Galleries)

Posted on 5th August, 2023

Our first launch event is at Waterstones in Bristol City Centre and it’s coming up quick! Be among the first in the UK to get …

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The BootyFull Body Tour at the V&A

Posted on 4th April, 2023

On Friday 31 March 2023, the V&A hosted a Friday Late to celebrate their exhibition, Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance, and they asked the Museum Bums …

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Publication Day! 14th September 2023 (UK)

Posted on 25th March, 2023

Put it in your diaries, folks! If you’ve pre-ordered, this is when your books will be arriving on your doormats. If you want to grab …

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