Be the first to see the new Gateway to Pride exhibit and celebrate St. Louis’s fascinating and powerfully relevant LGBTQIA+ history. Join us for a rainbow ribbon-cutting ceremony and live performance by BandTogether. Throughout the weekend, you’ll enjoy live music, a Painted with Pride art display, a photo booth, face painting, and a family zone with art activities and storytelling. Don’t forget to stop by Sold on St. Louis to shop local goods created by LGBTQIA+ vendors.

Missouri History Museum

Exhibit: Gateway to Pride

Exhibit Dates: June 8, 2024 to July 6, 2025

LGBTQIA+ people have been part of St. Louis from the beginning. But until recently, their lives, struggles, and contributions have often been overlooked. In Gateway to Pride, the Missouri History Museum will present the first-ever full-scale exhibit on St. Louis’s fascinating and powerfully relevant LGBTQIA+ history.

The result of a community-driven, nearly decade-long collecting initiative, Gateway to Pride will showcase meaningful artifacts, striking images, and insightful oral histories. Through the exhibit, visitors will discover a surprising and revealing new perspective on the region’s past, and LGBTQIA+ St. Louisans will see themselves as central figures in their region’s history like never before.

"Gateway to Pride" Exhibit at MHM

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GATEWAY TO PRIDE VIRTUAL EXHIBIT
LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit begins to uncover the rarely-shared or often untold stories of St. Louis’s LGBTQIA+ communities.

Visitors to the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit get a taste of St. Louis’s fascinating LGBTQIA+ history. The interactive digital experience showcases oral history interviews, artifacts with in-depth stories, and multiple opportunities for online visitors to share their own experiences.

This virtual exhibit is a milestone step in the Missouri Historical Society’s larger Gateway to Pride Initiative. It serves as a call to action for visitors to share their stories and contribute to our growing knowledge of this often hidden history.

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EXPLORE THE VIRTUAL EXHIBIT
The virtual exhibit is optimized for the following desktop browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. It is also optimized for Google Chrome and Apple Safari on mobile devices.