Museum

The Museum Collection holds everything from Suffragette memorabilia to contemporary feminist campaigning material; recipe books and knitting patterns to Roller Derby crash helmets; quilts and protest banners.

Glasgow Gay and Lesbian Centre banner from the GWL Collection
Glasgow Gay and Lesbian Centre banner from the GWL Collection

Archive

The Archive Collection is broadly comprised of three elements: Archives donated to GWL, including the papers and records of organisations and individuals that represent the achievements and activities connected to women and women’s issues; the Lesbian Archive (formerly the LAIC), one of the most significant LGBT Historical collections in the UK with material spanning from the 1920s to the present day; and GWL’s own archives, with records relating to our groundbreaking work with women across Scotland and beyond.

Crones zine by Rachael House, 2016. This zine celebrates older women working in creative roles and challenges negative images of female ageing.
Crones zine by Rachael House, 2016. This zine celebrates older women working in creative roles and challenges negative images of female ageing.

Lending Library

The Lending Library collection contains books on a broad range of subjects relating to women’s lives and experiences, and a wonderful selection of fiction and poetry by women writers.

Ghost stories and unsettling tales from our Lending Library Collection
Ghost stories and unsettling tales from our Lending Library Collection