At The ArQuives, we believe in the importance of acting as an educational resource to the community and activating the collection in exciting ways.
Our main avenues for providing educational support are through presentations about our LGBTQ2+ Inclusive Education resources for secondary schools, exhibitions, special events with community partners, history presentations, tours of our building and walking tours of Toronto’s LGBTQ2+ historical neighbourhoods.
Past Exhibits
Programming
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We Were Never Lost
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDeveloped as part of the 2025-2026 Master of Museum Studies Capstone Projects course at the [...]
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The Pussy Palace: An Instagram Story
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn view November 7–21, 2025 Public Hours: Fridays 4–8PM | Saturdays & Sundays 11AM–3PM This [...]
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Of Kin and Other Impossible Homes
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBuilding home is an act of defiance in a world that has not made space [...]
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Liberation on the Dance Floor: Reflective Nostalgia
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLiberation on the Dance Floor: Reflective Nostalgia is an exhibition showcasing the work of Toronto’s [...]
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Joint Curatorial Tour: Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances; Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts with Dallas Fellini
Jackman Humanities Institute 170 Saint George Street #10th floor, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin curator Dallas Fellini for a joint tour of Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts at the [...]
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LKDSB+
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInspired by a curiosity to trace queer and trans histories, presents, and futures at the [...]
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Len and Cub: Exhibition Launch
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin us to celebrate the Toronto launch of the Len and Cub exhibition on November [...]
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ONSTAGE / OFFSTAGE
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIn September 2023, Toronto-based artist/curator Jordan King will present a multi-media exhibition at The ArQuives [...]
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ActiVisions: Trans Histories and Activism, 1950s-1990s
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIn this one-of-a-kind exhibition, The ArQuives opens its doors for the public to experience their [...]
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Exhibition pack un pack
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe ArQuives is hosting the reopening of the solo exhibition of artist and photographer Hamidah [...]
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Tape Condition: degraded
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTape Condition: degraded is an immersive installation and community digitization station that engages with The ArQuives’s collection of more than 3,000 VHS tapes, about one-third of which are porn.
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We Could Be Heroes (Just For One Day)
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLGBTQ+ communities and community-based archives have long searched for ‘gay heroes’ to showcase both queer existence and accomplishment across time and space.
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Traces
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFor the solo exhibition Traces, Ottawa-based multidisciplinary artist Christos Pantieras brings together five of his existing series, all of which explore, appropriate, and recontextualize the remnants of everyday human practices.
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Dissident Family
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"Dissident Family" brings together artworks that speak to the biological family that the artist grew up in, and to the family she has created and nurtured. It speaks to the central place of dissidence in her spiritual, political and familial life.
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Queering Space
The ArQuives 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPresented by The ArQuives in partnership with Nuit Rose, Queering Space invites celebrated Canadian queer artists to create contemporary multidisciplinary responses to The ArQuives’s historical collection, reigniting its relevance while exploring the evolution of queer sites across space and time.