Summer Pride continues at London’s Queer Britain with UK Black Pride Exhibition

While this year’s Pride Parade may be over, the celebrations continue throughout the summer at London’s Queer Britain museum in Kings Cross. Visitors have just eight weeks left to experience a special exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of UK Black Pride.

The exhibition traces the event’s evolution from a picnic in Southend in 2005 to this year’s upcoming festival on 10 August, when over 25,000 people are expected to gather at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Curated in collaboration with UK Black Pride and its founder Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Lady Phyll), the exhibition celebrates the world’s largest event for LGBTQI+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and Middle Eastern heritage.

Both Lady Phyll and the exhibition are featured in Transport for London’s 2025 Pride poster campaign, now on display across London Underground stations. The exhibition runs until 31 August 2025 and showcases photographs, memorabilia, and stories from 20 years of UK Black Pride.

The museum’s evolving permanent collection, We Are Queer Britain, remains on view in the main gallery, alongside the UK Black Pride exhibition. The collection aims to “reclaim and preserve queer people’s stories and objects and inspire by celebrating and educating about LGBTQ+ lives, impact, and culture.”

Exhibits include Olly Alexander’s Glastonbury rainbow cloak, the top hat worn by Suranne Jones in the BBC’s Gentleman Jack, and a handwritten letter from Queer Britain patron Elton John to his younger self. Also on display are key documents from early LGBTQ+ equality campaigns, a bronze of novelist Radclyffe Hall by her partner Lady Una of Troubridge, and works by prominent LGBTQ+ artists including Duncan Grant.

Queer Britain – the UK’s first and only permanent LGBTQ+ museum – has welcomed over 100,000 visitors since opening in Granary Square, Kings Cross, in 2022. The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday, from noon to 6 pm. Admission is free, with donations encouraged to support its work. Advance tickets can be booked at queerbritain.org.uk.