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Tune in to channel 4 today at 4:00 pm to see Execu

Tune in to channel 4 today at 4:00 pm to see Executive Director Kelly Lao talk about the Best of the Wurst event this weekend! Learn all the details and what to expect this Saturday, June 25th from 11:00-3:00.

#qc #bestofthewurst #gahcqc #qcthatswhere #downtowndavenport

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back! Join us this Saturday, June 25th from 11-3 to sample local brats, purchase delicious food, enjoy an ice cold beer, and vote for your favorite “wurst!”
One of our competitors is Jerry's Market in Moline! Come enjoy the afternoon and stay tuned for more highlights of the activities at this event!
See all the details on our website: https://gahc.org/event/best-of-the-wurst-2/

Best of the Wurst is sponsored by CBI Bank & Trust, Zimmerman Honda, Koehler Electric, and Group Schumacher. Without you this event would not be possible!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back! Join us this Saturday, June 25th from 11-3 to sample local brats, purchase delicious food, enjoy an ice cold beer, and vote for your favorite “wurst!”
One of our competitors is @scherercustommeats! Come enjoy the afternoon and stay tuned for more highlights of the activities at this event!
See all the details on our website: https://gahc.org/event/best-of-the-wurst-2/

Best of the Wurst is sponsored by CBI Bank & Trust, Zimmerman Honda, Koehler Electric, and Group Schumacher. Without you this event would not be possible!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back! Join us this Saturday, June 25th from 11-3 to sample local brats, purchase delicious food, enjoy an ice cold beer, and vote for your favorite “wurst!”
We will have custom ice cream from @heresthescoopia! 🍦 Come enjoy the afternoon and stay tuned for more highlights of the activities at this event!
See all the details on our website: https://gahc.org/event/best-of-the-wurst-2/

Best of the Wurst is sponsored by CBI Bank & Trust, Zimmerman Honda, Koehler Electric, and Group Schumacher. Without you this event would not be possible!

For #PrideMonth we are highlighting queer and LGBT

For #PrideMonth we are highlighting queer and LGBTQ+ icons of German heritage.
Heinz Dörmer was a native of Berlin and a victim of Nazi persecution during and after the Holocaust. Dörmer was Jewish and also frequented gay establishments around Berlin.
Before the nightmare years of Nazism, Berlin was the queer capital of the world. The city was home to dozens of gay organizations and magazines, plus over 80 gay bars, restaurants, and night clubs. Although homosexuality was illegal under paragraph 175 of the criminal code, prior to the Third Reich it was rarely enforced.
With the rise of Nazi power, Dörmer was arrested and imprisoned in a concentration camp from 1941-1944. He survived the camps and was released after the war.
Paragraph 175 remained in force in Germany until 1969. Some gay Holocaust survivors, such as Dörmer, were repeatedly re-arrested in the post-war period and again jailed. In the 1950s and 1960s, the number of convictions for homosexuality in West Germany was as high as it had been during Nazi rule. He lived until 1998 and is featured in the film, "Paragraph 175."
Although he survived all of the persecution and imprisonments, he was denied any reparations from the German government just like the other camp survivors who were homosexual.

#pride #history #berlin #heinzdormer #dormer #germany #deutschland #gahc #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqrights

June 19th, or "Juneteenth" is the day observed for

June 19th, or "Juneteenth" is the day observed for celebrating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Juneteenth has been celebrated in parts of the United States since 1865. June 19th, 1865 was the day that General Order No. 3 was proclaimed, freeing enslaved people in the state of Texas, which was the last state to have institutional slavery.

Many people are familiar with the Dred Scott v. Sandford case or "Dred Scott Decision."
Dred Scott was an enslaved man who was sold to Dr. John Emerson, an Army surgeon who was briefly stationed at Fort Armstrong, now the tip of Arsenal Island. Emerson and Scott lived in Davenport. Emerson owned land near the Davenport-Bettendorf border, which, at the time, was part of the Wisconsin territory. Slavery was forbidden in Wisconsin and Illinois so Scott and his wife Harriet filed suit in 1846 in St. Louis Circuit Court claiming they were legally free because their owner had taken them to non-slave territories. They won their case in the Circuit Court, but in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Scotts were still slaves. This decision made clear the idea that in the eyes of the government, black slaves were not citizens and could not sue for their freedom in court.
Even though they lost their case, this was a major turning point for the abolitionist movement in the north which eventually led to the American Civil War.

Today, only a small bronze plaque at the site of Emerson's house, 217 E. Second Street in Davenport, records the story of the slave who stood up for his rights.

#juneteenth #history #dredscott #qc

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back! Join us next Saturday, June 25th from 11-3 to sample local brats, purchase delicious food, enjoy an ice cold beer, and vote for your favorite “wurst!”
We will have Suzanne's homemade pretzels! 🥨 Come enjoy the afternoon and stay tuned for more highlights of the activities at this event!
See all the details on our website: https://gahc.org/event/best-of-the-wurst-2/

Best of the Wurst is sponsored by CBI Bank & Trust, Zimmerman Honda, Koehler Electric, and Group Schumacher. Without you this event would not be possible!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back! Join us next Saturday, June 25th from 11-3 to sample local brats, purchase delicious food, enjoy an ice cold beer, and vote for your favorite “wurst!”
We will have the Quad City Magician making balloon animals! Come enjoy the afternoon and stay tuned for more highlights of the activities at this event!
See all the details on our website: https://gahc.org/event/best-of-the-wurst-2/

Best of the Wurst is sponsored by CBI Bank & Trust, Zimmerman Honda, Koehler Electric, and Group Schumacher. Without you this event would not be possible!

June is #PrideMonth and today we are highlighting

June is #PrideMonth and today we are highlighting German filmmaker Monika Treut. She was born in Mönchengladbach, Germany and has worked in writing, directing, editing and acting.
She has made over 20 films and is well-known for her queer films and documentaries. One of her films, "Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities" (1999) focuses on the transgender community in San Fransisco. This film won Best Documentary Film at the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
She is also involved in Humanitarian work and since 1990, has been teaching, lecturing and curating retrospectives of her work at colleges across the United States.

#deutscherdonnerstag #gahcqc
#monikatreut #Germany #german #lgbtqia #deutschland #lgbtq #pride #lgbtqrights

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back!

Our Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition is back! Join us next Saturday, June 25th from 11-3 to sample local brats, purchase delicious food, enjoy an ice cold beer, and vote for your favorite “wurst!”
We will have live music featuring the Guttenberg German Band based in Guttenberg, Iowa. Come enjoy the afternoon and stay tuned for more highlights of the activities at this event!
See all the details on our website: https://gahc.org/event/best-of-the-wurst-2/

Best of the Wurst is sponsored by CBI Bank & Trust, Zimmerman Honda, Koehler Electric, and Group Schumacher. Without you this event would not be possible!

We are saddened by the accident that happened earl

We are saddened by the accident that happened early Sunday morning, which resulted in significant damage to the building. We’re thankful for the quick response from the Davenport Police and grateful to Blaze Restoration for taking care of the damage. We will fully restore the historic front doors and storefront, but it is unclear how long that will take.
We are open normal hours and museum operations are unaffected at this time.

Our German smokers took a hit but their morale is high!

We’re offering free admission when you visit us

We’re offering free admission when you visit us during QC Museum Week!
Celebrate our region’s great variety of museums from June 5 – 12!
QC Museum Week is almost over! Visit this weekend to get free admission and explore the history of Davenport in our historic building and exhibits. Friday and Saturday we are open 10-4 and Sunday we are open from 12-4.
Here’s the full list of participating museums and deals: https://qcmuseumweek.com/specials
#QCThatsWhere there’s a museum for everyone!
#VisitQuadCities #QCMuseumWeek

June is #PrideMonth and today we are highlighting

June is #PrideMonth and today we are highlighting German-American actor and singer, Tab Hunter. He was born Arthur Andrew Kelm in 1931 to a Jewish father and his mother was a Catholic German immigrant. His parents divorced when he was little and he, his brother, and mother took her maiden surname, Gelien.
He joined the U.S. Coast Guard when he was 15 but when they figured out his true age he was discharged. He became very interested in acting and began being cast in roles in the 1950s. He is well known for his roles in movies like "Damn Yankees (1958)" and "The Burning Hills (1956)."

He struggled with his identity growing up and came out in his memoir in 2005. He remembers life being difficult, "because I was living two lives at that time." He said, "There was a lot written about my sexuality, and the press was pretty darn cruel."

Hunter had a relationship with actor Anthony Perkins, who played Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho."
Hunter then began a relationship in 1983 with Allan Glaser and they were together for the next 35 years until Hunter's death in July 2018. They were married in 2013.

Hunter was an icon and heartthrob in the 50s, his legacy now continues after his death. He was one of the rare stars of his era to speak openly about his homosexuality.

#deutscherdonnerstag #gahcqc
#tabhunter #Germany #german #lgbtqia #deutschland #lgbtq #pride #lgbtqrights #allanglaser

We’re offering free admission when you visit us

We’re offering free admission when you visit us during QC Museum Week!
Celebrate our region’s great variety of museums from June 5 – 12!
This Sunday to wrap up QC Museum Week, we have Rosa Snyder presenting "Off the Map: Stories of Abandoned and Disappearing Towns Around Iowa." Take a tour around Iowa exploring a sampling of these idiosyncratic communities in photographs and stories. This program is funded by @humanitiesiowa and is free and open to the public.
Here’s the full list of participating museums and deals: https://qcmuseumweek.com/specials
#QCThatsWhere there’s a museum for everyone!
#VisitQuadCities #QCMuseumWeek #iowamuseumweek

For #PrideMonth we are highlighting queer and LGBT

For #PrideMonth we are highlighting queer and LGBTQ+ icons of German heritage. Queer people have existed throughout history but since it has been taboo or even illegal to identify as gay, their stories are harder to find.
This is a photo of Felice Schragenheim. She was a Jewish resistance fighter during World War II and is well-known for her tragic love affair with Lilly Wust. Felice and Lilly could not have been more different. Felice was Jewish, born in Berlin, and worked as an editorial assistant before joining the German resistance to Nazism.
Charlotte Elisabeth "Lilly" Wust was married to a Nazi soldier and was a Nazi sympathizer herself. Lilly met Felice in 1942 through the Wust's house servant, Inge. Inge fought the Nazi system as a German supporter of the Jewish Underground. Lilly was immediately interested in Felice, and Felice was fond of Lilly and she gave her flowers, wrote poems, and they spent more and more time together.
By 1943, their relationship escalated and they held a secret wedding ceremony together.
Lilly was unaware of Felice's Jewish background, but eventually she came clean and told Lilly the truth. Lilly was supportive and was willing to keep Felice safe. Lilly divorced her husband in 1943 and the couple were living happily. The Nazi pressure was building and in 1944 Felice was discovered and arrested.
Felice was sent to Auschwitz in September 1944 and from there to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. Gross-Rosen was evacuated and prisoners sent on death marches to Bergen-Belsen. It is probable that she died either on the way or in the camp itself.

Lilly lived until 2006 and she has recounted their love affair, shared photos, letters, and diary entires of their experience. After Felice was captured and killed, she was dedicated to helping other Jewish women escape Nazi persecution.

One of the last letters Felice wrote to Lilly was, "Mein Liebes - eben kommt die Schwester und sagt, wir kämen hier weg. Bete und halte die Daumen! Immer deine F.” (My dear – a nurse just arrived and said we’d get to leave here. Pray and keep your fingers crossed. Always yours, F.)
#gahcqc #popkulturmonday #popkultur #germany #deutschland #lgbtq

We’re offering free admission when you visit us

We’re offering free admission when you visit us during QC Museum Week!
Celebrate our region’s great variety of museums from June 5 – 12!
This Sunday to kick off QC Museum Week we have special guest Dr. Jenny Barker-Devine from @illinoiscollege to present "Putting Down Roots: Women in Agriculture in Iowa." Learn about women's roles in the history of agriculture which is an important aspect of life in Iowa and the midwest.
UPDATE: This program is now free and open to the public. See all details at www.gahc.org/events
Here’s the full list of participating museums and deals: https://qcmuseumweek.com/specials
#QCThatsWhere there’s a museum for everyone!
#VisitQuadCities #QCMuseumWeek

June is #PrideMonth and today we are highlighting

June is #PrideMonth and today we are highlighting German physician and sexologist, Magnus Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld was ahead of his time being an advocate for LQBTQ+ rights, education, and healthcare. Hirschfeld was German, born in 1868, and identified as gay and Jewish. Unsurprisingly, he was targeted by Nazis for this and was beaten, his books were burned, and he was forced into exile.
Hirschfeld went to medical school and afterwards he spent eight months in Chicago. He was drawn toward the gay scene and realized that queer men and women faced similar challenges in both Chicago and Berlin. This triggered a theory that homosexuality is universal and across cultures. He dedicated his life and practice to studying homosexuality and being an advocate for people who identified as queer.
Hirschfeld also became interested in gay rights because many of his gay patients took their own lives. He was deeply moved by this phenomenon and was dedicated to teaching people that "queerness" is natural and should not be illegal.

Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in 1897 which is known as the world’s first gay and trans rights organization. He also founded the World League for Sexual Reform and the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft.

Hirschfeld lived with his life partner, Karl Giese, who worked as an archivist and museum curator. Later in their lives, they lived with another man by the name of Li Shiu Tong, who also went by Tao Li. They were in a polyamorous relationship, or "throuple."

With the rise of the Nazi regime, Hirschfeld fled Germany and settled in France. He lived in a nice place in the south a France on the Mediterranean. He passed away in his apartment in 1935.
Giese and Tong were named his heirs. Unfortunately, Giese died by suicide in 1938 and Tong went his own way and lived until 1933.

#deutscherdonnerstag #gahcqc
#Berlin #Germany #german #hirschfeld #deutschland #lgbtq #pride #lgbtqrights #lgbtqia #transrights 🌈

Check out all of our upcoming events for June! We

Check out all of our upcoming events for June! We have brought back our Historic Summer Walking Tours, our annual Best of the Wurst competition, plus more.
Don't forget that QC Museum Week starts June 5th and we will have free admission through the 12th!

We’re offering free admission when you visit us

We’re offering free admission when you visit us during QC Museum Week!
Celebrate our region’s great variety of museums from June 5 – 12!
Here’s the full list of participating museums and deals: https://qcmuseumweek.com/specials
#QCThatsWhere there’s a museum for everyone!
#VisitQuadCities #QCMuseumWeek

As we remember our service members on this Memoria

As we remember our service members on this Memorial Day, we are happy to announce that we are a Blue Star Museum! Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel and up to five family members. Upon showing your Military ID, you and you family can receive free admission through Labor Day 2022.

#bluestarmuseums #bluestarmuseum #gahcqc #quadcities #davenport #museum #MilitaryFamily #MilitaryFamilies #MilFam

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