When you contribute to The ArQuives, you provide stable funding for the acquisition and preservation of LGBTQ2+ information.

Keeping Our Stories Alive

The ArQuives was established to aid in the recovery and preservation of our histories. Its mandate is to: Acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBTQ2+ people, primarily produced in or concerning Canada; and Maintain a research library, international research files, and an international collection of queer and trans periodicals.

The ArQuives is the largest independent LGBTQ2+ Archives in the world and since 1973 the only LGBTQ2+ archives in Canada with a national scope, read further about our history and mission.

Our Mission & Vision

Support Canada’s Largest LGBTQ2+ Archives

Financial Donations

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Donate Records

Anyone can donate their records, extensive or small, young or old, serious or humorous, paper or object, personal or not!

VIEW THE COLLECTION

Our Collection can be searched online. Search by keyword, collection, organization, person, media, artifact type, among other options.

Our Collections

VIEW THE EXHIBITS

The ArQuives has temporarily closed its physical exhibition space due to COVID-19. Check out our Past Exhibitions here. Check out our Digital Exhibitions here.

Our Exhibits