Leather Archives & Museum

Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N. Greenview Avenue
Chicago, IL 60626
773.761.9200

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Welcome to the website of The Leather Archives & Museum.  The LA&M is located in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side of the city. 

Current hours, admission, promotions and other information can be found here

The 10,000 sq. foot, two-story building houses:

LA&MEight exhibition galleries
LA&MA 1,425 sq. foot climate controlled archival storage space
LA&MA 164 seat auditorium
LA&MA 600 square foot reading library to house the research collections
LA&MVarious other spaces which serve as additional work space

In addition to activities in Chicago, The LA&M serves the fetish community by:

LA&MPreserving material from all leather/fetish communities
LA&MSending The LA&M Road Show around the country
LA&MProviding email and telephone research assistance

The Leather Archives & Museum is a library, museum and archives pertaining to Leather, fetishism, sadomasochism, and alternative sexual practices. The geographic collection scope is worldwide and includes all sexual orientations and genders. The library collection contains published books, magazines, scholarly publications, films and electronic resources related to the subject matter. The museum collection contains original erotic art and artifacts from alternative sex organizations and individuals. The archival collection contains unpublished papers and records from notable activists, artists, businesses and organizations related to the subject matter.


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The Latest News from the Leather Archives & Museum:

serving the fetish worldThe LA&M is featured in the New York Times

serving the fetish worldThe Gold Coast Man comes home

serving the fetish worldTHE LEATHER ARCHIVES & MUSEUM HOSTS: a thorough exploration of pornography, kink, consent, and fine lines

serving the fetish worldCheck out our librarian's SM 101 Pick of the Month

serving the fetish worldOur feature presentation, Saluting the Old, Unfurling the New (Windows Media)

serving the fetish worldCheck out the new Women's Leather History Project

serving the fetish worldThank you for the fundraisers!

serving the fetish worldWould you like to volunteer for the LA&M?

serving the fetish worldNow showing in the Guest Artist Gallery "Restraint"

serving the fetish worldOur feature presentation, Beefcake; Bob Mizer's AMG (Windows Media)

LA&MJoun us on LiveJournal, Going, twitter, My Space, Facebook, YouTube, LibraryThing and Flickr

serving the fetish worldHave you been to the Leather Archives & Museum lately? Take our on-line survey

serving the fetish worldNow showing in the Leather SINS Screening Room

serving the fetish worldCall for paid submissions to Leather Times

serving the fetish worldThe latest issue of Leather Times is available

serving the fetish worldThe back ground on our website is currently Delivery Man by Matt. Check out more of his awesome work

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