Women's Leather History Project

The Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M) is committed to collecting, preserving and providing access to the contributions, experiences, and histories of women in leather, BDSM, fetish, and related lifestyles. The Women’s Leather History Project (WLHP) represents the LA&M’s ongoing commitment to making the diverse voices of women in leather visible and heard. The WLHP will collect artifacts, stories, and other items that represent the experience of all women (straight, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, women of color). The resulting collections will be featured in future exhibitions at the Leather Archives & Museum.

Please join the WLHP and the LA&M and ring in the New Year by becoming a part of this urgent and unprecedented project of collecting and protecting Women’s Leather History!

The WLHP is a multi-year project. Donations to the WLHP will only be used for program items related to the collection and exhibition of women’s leather history at the LA&M. Your donations will fund the hiring of a professional curator, the creation of museum exhibits at the LA&M, and the acquisition and storage of women’s leather resources including:

Papers
Personal histories—oral, film, and written
Art and visual resources
Media—books, magazines, films, and digital media
Artifacts—organizational and personal

Contribute to the collections here

We are accepting donations for this exciting public history project. The Leather Archives & Museum is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, therefore any contribution you make to this project is tax deductible in accordance with IRS regulations.

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Some of the collections at the LA&M

Kat Sunlove
Mistress Mir
Lady Dawn Lambert
Ms. World Leather
International Ms. Leather
Syd Creighton
Midori
Annie Sprinkle
Laura Goodwin
Molly Devon original art
Janet Ryan photography
Womanlink
Jan Hall

The first in a series of video oral histories is complete:
You can view clips here

Viola Johnson
Kip Davidson
Insatiable
Q
Buz
Gazelle
Ms. Rae
Slave Diamond
Sir Cougar
Master Ces
Gloria Brame
Janet Ryan
Mollena Williams
Glenda Rider
Daddy Lee Norwood

The first in a series of audio oral histories is complete:
You can listen to clips here

Mistress C
Annie Sprinkle

Press and Announcements

Women's Leather History Project Gains Momentum in 2011.

Visit the exhibit. A Room of Her Own online

Leather Archives & Museum Women's Leather History Project Announces Opening of "A Room of Her Own". Read about it here

WLHP announces premiere exhibition and success in its first year. Read about it here

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