The American LGBTQ+ Museum is a museum in development on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that will focus on New York City's LGBTQ history.[1][2] It will be part of the campus of the New-York Historical Society, which is undergoing a 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) expansion,[3] and is slated to open in 2026.[4][5] Under the leadership of Richard Burns, the museum's board chair, planning for a museum began in 2017.[5] Ben Garcia was named the museum's first executive director in January 2022 and Suhaly Bautista-Carolina joined as the museum's director of programs and partnerships in 2023.[4][6]
In November 2023, the museum opened Queer Justice: 50 Years of Lambda Legal, their first traveling exhibit at The Center. The exhibit subsequently traveled the country.[7]