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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Hugh Rose Evans, Senior Development Associate of American LGBTQ Museum
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Hugh Rose Evans, Senior Development Associate of the American LGBTQ Museum, presented testimony about the museum's mission, upcoming plans, and significance as the first major LGBTQ cultural institution in the United States. He highlighted the museum's partnership with the New York Historical Society and its planned opening in 2027.
- The museum aims to preserve, investigate, and celebrate LGBTQ histories and cultures through exhibitions and programs.
- A 6,000 square foot exhibition is planned to open in 2027 in partnership with the New York Historical Society.
- The museum is seeking support from the New York City Council as it embarks on a strategic plan involving staff expansion, stakeholder engagement, and construction.
Hew Rose Evans
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There we are.
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Now I'm unmuted.
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Hi.
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And thank you so much for the opportunity to speak today on behalf of my organization.
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My name is Hugh Rose Evans, and I am the senior development associate here at the American LGBTQ Museum.
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To add to my colleague's testimony and to provide some background, our museum's mission is to preserve, investigate, and celebrate the dynamic histories and cultures of LGBTQ people as well as the emergent and adjacent identities among our communities.
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Using exhibitions and programs, we seek to advance LGBTQ equality through the lens of social justice movements, including but never limited to race, gender, class, immigration, and disability.
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As of today, there is no major LGBTQ plus cultural institution in The United States dedicated to perverse preserving queer history and culture, illustrating its many impacts on the broader society or presenting it to the public in an accessible way.
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An American LGBTQ plus museum would be a unique cultural institution that would enhance the civic and historical infrastructure here in New York City, filling a great educational and cultural vacuum and recognizing LGBTQ plus people as major contributors to weaving the fabric of American society.
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In 2027, our museum will open a core exhibition in Manhattan in partnership with the New York Historical.
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Over the next three years, our organization will embark on an ambitious strategic plan, which includes significant staff expansions, stakeholder engagement, design and construction, and public awareness initiatives.
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The resulting 6,000 square foot exhibition will broadly explore the lives of LGBTQ plus Americans and their contributions to all aspects of our country's history.
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And it will be accompanied by a robust suite of public programs, digital exhibitions, and online resources that tell more specific stories about our various communities and identities.
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Construction of the Tang Wing of the New York historical has already topped out, and we will begin the interior build out of our space next year.
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With support from speaker Adrian Adams in the New York City Council, we will be in New York and indeed our nation's LGBTQ plus museum, and we are opening very soon.
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I would like to thank you for your time, and we sincerely appreciate your consideration of our request.