The organisers hope to move to a more permanent home after the first two years. The free-entry space, which was previously occupied by the House of Illustration, includes four galleries, workshop and education spaces, a shop and offices. It takes over the ground floor of a building in King’s Cross owned by the Art Fund charity, which has granted Queer Britain a two-year lease to deliver a programme of exhibitions. Opening on 5 May is Queer Britain, founded by the eponymous charity, billed as “the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum”. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the UK’s inaugural Gay Pride march, two cultural institutions focused on the LGBTQ+ community will launch in London this spring, the first of their kind in Britain.
