Museum drops LGBTQ+ heritage trail following criticism

A museum in Norfolk has dropped plans to create a heritage trail celebrating the area’s LGBTQ+ history following complaints from stakeholders and volunteers.

The BBC reports that True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum in King’s Lynn had been due to be involved in the Queer Stories of Lynn project, which received funding from both Arts Council England and Historic England.

But the project but was criticised in a newspaper article by Neil Record, former director of National Trust pressure group Restore Trust, who said public funding of the trail was “highly inappropriate”.

The museum said the article led to complaints from stakeholders and volunteers, resulting in the idea being dropped.

Curator Lindsey Bavin said the situation was “unfortunate” and that the museum hoped to work with arts collective Collusion, which is behind the trail, in the future.