# Event Details

- **Event Name**: "Queer Joy, Museum Style" with The Smithsonian's Katherine Ott
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 30 Aug, 2025 at 01:30 pm – Sat, 30 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Taking gender and sexuality seriously often disrupts the usual way museums operate. Practical issues related to the daily workings of the gift shop, object storage, and wayfinding have mundane solutions. When it comes to visitor happiness and telling full, compelling stories, things can get delicate. The complex and beautiful topic of American history elicits an alphabet of emotions, from awe and aggravation to vulnerability, wonder, and everything in between (X,Y, Z emotions are hard to find). This talk serves up the joy of working in a museum, saving queer history, and embracing the possibilities of America.

This free event is presented by the Friends of the Irving Museums as part of "Say It Loud: From the Shadows to the Mainstage," a speaker series amplifying LGBTQ+ voices and history in connection with the "Badge Of Pride: From Silence...To Celebration!" exhibition. Please RSVP via the "ticket" link.

ABOUT KATHERINE OTT

Katherine Ott is a curator in the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She documents LGBTQ+ history, the history of gender and sexuality, disability, ophthalmology, dermatology, and other irresistible subjects. She has curated exhibitions on HIV and AIDS, the Stonewall Uprising, the Americans with Disabilities Act, polio, and prosthetics. She teaches graduate classes in American Studies at The George Washington University and is the author or co-editor of three books and many articles. Katherine responds to all pronouns and is energetically honing her queer superpower.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/irving/queer-joy-museum-style-with-the-smithsonians-katherine-ott/200028543059739
- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, workshops, art, literary-art, lgbt-pride
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 52

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.badgeofpride.org/event-details/queer-joy-museum-style-with-the-smithsonians-katherine-ott?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=irving-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Irving
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Irving Archives and Museum
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- **full address**: Irving Archives and Museum, 825 W Irving Blvd, Irving, TX 75060-2845, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Badge Of Pride (https://allevents.in/org/badge-of-pride/24233752)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 30 Aug, 2025 at 01:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Irving Archives and Museum, 825 W Irving Blvd, Irving, TX 75060-2845, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Badge Of Pride
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** exhibitions, workshops, art, literary-art, lgbt-pride
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about "Queer Joy, Museum Style" with The Smithsonian's Katherine Ott ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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