Alice Austen House Museum



 Designated a national LGBT historic site by The National Register of Historic Places, this 17th-century house on Staten Island was home to trailblazer Alice Austen, one of the first female photographers and her long-time partner, Gertrude Tate. Look for the permanent exhibit, “New Eyes on Alice Austen,” which pays tribute to their relationship and includes a selection of the nearly 8,000 images Austen shot from the Victorian era onward.


The Alice Austen House Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. General admission is $5, and tours must be pre-booked online.

World AIDS Museum



Dedicated in 2013 by basketball great and HIV survivor Magic Johnson, this Fort Lauderdale museum has, from its inception, sought to de-stigmatize the disease and preserve the history of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Exhibitions at the museum explore the HIV/AIDS crisis and how it has affected marginalized persons. Meanwhile, the ongoing oral history project, “Until the Last Story is Told,” documents the first-person tales of those who have faced it.


The museum is currently operating from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Docent-led tours are available for groups of three to 10 people.