Collective Heritage of the Lesbian Community #2

Collective Organising has played a pivotal role in the lesbian community, instrumental in creating many organisations and supporting activism and political protest both in Rainbow+ and mainstream society. And this collective impulse was the force in the modern historical era that enabled lesbian community to become a recognisable entity and evolve to have its own distinct lesbian cultural experience and now a cultural heritage to collect, preserve and share.

Sarah Buxton is the Museum Coordinator at the Charlotte Museum Te Whare Takatāpui-Wāhine o Aotearoa. She has held this role for three years during a period of transition with the museum going from being a volunteer-based organisation to having paid staff and moving into new premises.

Sarah's talk will highlight the museum, the collectivism that drove its formation and ensured its survival and how this has translated into the museum’s role as a community-based organisation.

This is the second talk presented by Sarah Buxton at Auckland Libraries. The first talk will take place in Takaanini Library and Community Hub on the 29th February at 1PM.


For more details about the Charlotte Museum, visit the website here: https://www.charlottemuseum.co.nz/