From 31 January to 12 April 2026, Brighton Museum will host Gender Stories, a thought-provoking exhibition that sensitively explores the fluid and multifaceted nature of gender across cultures, eras, and personal experiences.
Challenging rigid definitions and binary narratives, the exhibition dives deep into the intricate connections between sex, gender, sexuality, and identity. Visitors can discover how these ideas have been mythologised, stereotyped, expressed, and sometimes concealed over time through art, history, politics, and daily life.
This display brings together diverse objects and artworks from Brighton & Hove Museums, Bristol Museums, and National Museums Liverpool. By combining community stories with insights from gender theory, Gender Stories highlights both the joys and struggles of gender identity.
This offering will explore these complex questions together. It is for visitors at the beginning of a gender journey, for those continuing, or for those seeking to understand a gender journey. The museum will be a meaningful space for reflection and discovery.
Gender Stories is a MAGNET partnership exhibition, supported by the Art Fund and funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
To book tickets, visit www.brightonmuseums.org.uk.
