Step into a world where history meets innovation at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center. Our exhibits offer a meaningful journey through Stonewall's legacy, beginning with the “Wall of Solidarity,” an installation that celebrates the global impact and revolutionary hope of the LGBTQ+ community. Explore the “Stories of Stonewall," featuring first-hand accounts and the original archway connecting the two sides of the Stonewall bar. Feel the rebellious spirit with music from a vintage "Jukebox," featuring Honey Dijon's curated playlist. Discover untold stories with the "Mothers of Star AR Experience," bringing queer/trans monuments to life. Engage with youth perspectives at the rotating Parsons School of Design Student Exhibits. Experience inspiring stories and films in the theater and hear from movement voices in the "Stonewall Generations" video series. Each exhibit invites you to connect with the past, celebrate the present, and envision a future of full equality.
Wall of Solidarity
Google installed an interactive exhibit that greets visitors upon entering the Visitor Center. The exhibit features digital screens that convey the impact of Stonewall’s legacy around the world and spotlights the voices of revolutionary hope. This installation honors the humanity and faces of our community showing interactions of love, care, strength, perseverance, courage, and queer joy. In the digital screens, we see the ripple effects of Stonewall around the world. In seeing our own reflection, we are encouraged to honor the legacy of this place, carry the torch, and make history as they did in June 1969.
Stories of Stonewall
Stonewall Pioneer and SNMVC Founding Partner Mark Segal curated a series of panels for the West Wall of the SNMVC, each one offering a first-hand account of the events that led up to the Stonewall Rebellion. The panels provide visitors a comprehensive telling of the Stonewall legacy, including historical moments that shaped LGBTQIA+ activism across the country. These panels also tell the story of the NPS, their support of the LGBTQIA+ community and their expanding role in the ongoing fight for full equality. The West Wall features the original archway that connected 51 and 53 Christopher Street, the two spaces of the original Stonewall Inn.
Jukebox
With support from Amazon, a Founding Partner of the SNMVC, the Jukebox exhibit features a 1967 Rowe AMI, a replica of the original jukebox that was present inside the Stonewall bar in 1969. Curated by award-winning DJ and producer Honey Dijon, the jukebox features songs that capture the rebellious spirit and collective joy of the Stonewall community. In her own words: “The music I selected is a way to understand this historic moment in time through a different lens, through the musical lens. Because it wasn’t all just fighting back. It was also joy, celebration, community, and sisterhood.” Honey Dijon’s playlist is available exclusively on Amazon Music, and a short film about the project is available here.
Mothers of Star AR Experience
B. Hawk Snipes, Tourmaline and Kinfolk Foundation have joined forces to create a historical archive. The 'Mothers of Star' AR experience is a diverse representation of impactful community figures that have been celebrated, silenced, uplifted and even erased throughout history. Currently focusing on bringing newly imagined queer/trans monuments to life such as Storme DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson and Zazu Nova, among other impactful Black and Brown historical figures. Throughout the installation, visitors will experience a collective movement of art and technology to redefine and preserve our collective memory.
Parsons School of Design Student Exhibits
Pride Live partnered with Parsons School of Design to amplify youth voices. Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) students were selected to curate a rotating exhibit at the visitor center that showcased the experiences of young LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies. The 2024 cohort presented “Weave Made History,” an exhibit dedicated to uplifting modern LGBTQ+ experiences by inviting visitors to leave a piece of themselves through journal prompts and remains on display. The 2025 cohort presented “Setting the Table,” an immersive exhibition that reimagined the dinner table setting by highlighting chosen family and queer belonging. Following a powerful, year-long physical exhibit, “Setting the Table” moved from the gallery to the screen. Step inside, pull up a chair, and explore the digital exhibit today at stonewalltable.com .
"Nothing New: Archives of Affection"
Developed by Ringling College in Sarasota, Florida, this exhibition features images from the Peter Enrico and Terry Stache Photo Collection, which originated in a student-led 2024 design course at the College. Step into the era of traveling tintype photography, where pocket-sized portraits capture intimate, often hidden moments of connection. View more than 200 photographs preserved from a suitcase of over 400 tintypes gathered over decades. On display June 2026 through May 2027.
The Booking.com Theater
Booking.com teams up with Pride Live to support the theater and create exciting new programs! Together, they share inspiring stories of LGBTQIA+ travelers, including tips on friendly travel spots and welcoming hospitality across the country. And that's not all – the theater is also home to captivating film screenings, insightful lectures, and a whole host of other exciting cultural events.
Stonewall Generations
Stonewall Generations is a video series produced by Pride Live with support from Founding Partner AARP. Rooted in one of the most significant flashpoints of the modern LGBTQIA+ liberation movement – the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion – this series highlights, celebrates and archives the voices of the movement – both historic and contemporary – to underscore the reverberations of Stonewall in the fight for full equality today. Featured speakers of the series include Chelsea Clinton, Adam Lambert, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado and more.