Object Details
- referenced
- Lyon, Roger
- McMullin, Gert
- Description
- This panel from the AIDS Memorial Quilt honors activist Roger Lyon, who died of AIDS in 1984. Shortly before his death, Lyon testified before Congress to appeal for funding to combat the growing epidemic.
- One of the greatest challenges in the fight against AIDS was changing public attitudes toward the disease and its victims, who were predominantly homosexual men. To awaken a seemingly uncaring nation to the magnitude of the crisis, activists created the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Through its thousands of panels, each with a personal story, the quilt has served as a call for compassion, education, and action.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- In Memory of Roger Lyon
- 1985-1990
- ID Number
- 1998.0254.01
- accession number
- 1998.0254
- catalog number
- 1998.0254.01
- Object Name
- aids panel
- quilt panel, aids
- Physical Description
- cotton (part material)
- synthetic cloth (part material)
- plastic (part material)
- news print (part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 90.6 cm x 180 cm x .5 cm; 35 11/16 in x 70 7/8 in x 3/16 in
- overall, as folded and stored: 3 1/4 in x 23 in x 29 in; 8.255 cm x 58.42 cm x 73.66 cm
- Place Made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Health & Medicine
- Family & Social Life
- Cultures & Communities
- National Treasures exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- LGBTQ Rights
- LGBTQ
- Gay Rights
- Record ID
- nmah_214460
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ed0e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
