Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # UK AIDS Memorial Quilt The AIDS Memorial Quilt Conservation Partnership raises awareness of the quilt, its importance in our history and to restore and conserve the quilt for generations to come. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [News](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/news/) - We are delighted to announce that the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt collection will be on display in full at Tate Modern for five days in June 2025 It will be installed in the iconic Turbine Hall from 12th – 16th June. 10am -6pm daily. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/uk-aids-memorial-quilt - [AIDS Quilt UK in Wakefield](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/2026/06/22/aids-quilt-uk-in-wakefield/) - From 4 to 7 June 2026, over 5,000 people came to see the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Wakefield, the first time the full collection has been shown outside London. The main display at Wakefield Exchange drew visitors from across the region, with many spending up to two hours with the collection and watching the - [Wakefield Exchange display](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/2026/05/27/wakefield-exchange-display/) - The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt comes to Wakefield For the first time outside London, the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on public display – free to visit, 4 to 7 June 2026. Wakefield Exchange will show the full collection across four days in June, with individual panels also on view at venues across the - [Quilt display at Tate Modern](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/2025/04/08/quilt-display-at-tate-modern/) - We are delighted to announce that the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt collection will be on display in full at Tate Modern for five days in June 2025 It will be installed in the iconic Turbine Hall from 12th – 16th June. 10am -6pm daily. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/uk-aids-memorial-quilt ## Pages - [Home](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/) - UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Part of the largest community arts project in history, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt helps us remember and celebrate all lives lost to HIV from the beginning of the pandemic in the 1980s to the present day. View the Quilt Wakefield Exchange display From 4 to 7 June 2026, over 5,000 - [Host the Quilt](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/host-the-quilt/) - How to Request the Quilt Please get in touch if you want to be a host to the Quilt email us at info@aidsquiltuk.org Displaying the Quilt The UK collection consists of 333 individual Quilt panels, each measuring 3ft x 6ft, symbolic of a typical grave plot. Every panel in the Quilt was made by someone - [Contact](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/contact/) - Send us a message We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We’re a team of volunteers, so please allow a few days for a response. First Name Last Name Email Comments What are you interested in? Volunteering Report an update for the quilt Question Hosting the quilt Submit Contact Form We won’t subscribe - [Donate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/donate/) - Continue Telling Their Stories With your support, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt can continue to tell the stories of many of those lost in the days of the HIV AIDS epidemic in the 80’s and 90’s. Click HERE to donate How We Use Donations All donations will go towards the cost of conserving the UK AIDS - [About](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/about/) - The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is an irreplaceable piece of social history. It tells the stories of many of those lost in the early days of the HIV AIDS epidemic in the 80’s and 90’s. The quilt has been in storage for several years now and without proper conservation is in danger of deteriorating and - [Work with us](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/work-with-us/) - Current job openings The UK AIDS Quilt partnership is currently not recruiting: - [Tate Modern Quilt Display](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/tate-gallery/) - Tate Modern Quilt Display Explore the gallery from the Tate Modern viewing of the UK AIDS Quilt, displayed in June 2025. Photo credit: A M Hanson All Reading of the Names Volunteers Installation Visitors Tell your story - [Widget test](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/widget-test/) - Tell your story - [Gallery](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/gallery/) - Explore the Quilt Our gallery contains images and descriptions of all the Quilt panels we hold in our collection. If you know of other Quilts you would like included in the gallery please do get in touch. Search Search AIDS Quilt 1 AIDS Quilt 9 AIDS Quilt 4 AIDS Quilt 40 AIDS Quilt 31 AIDS Quilt - [Publications](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/publications/) - Photo credit: Neil Hall/EPA ‘People weep in its presence’: how the UK Aids Memorial Quilt became one of our great works of art June 16, 2025 - [Font test](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/font-test/) - Add Your Heading Text Here Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. - [Host the Quilt - Form](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/host-the-quilt-form/) - Host a Quilt Each panel that makes up the Quilt is a beautiful and powerful work of art in its own right. To see them on public display is a deeply moving experience. If you would like to host a display please get in touch. Read about hosting Apply to Display the Quilt First Name - [Privacy Policy](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/privacy-policy/) - Who we are Our website address is: https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/ About This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. We - [Gallery - Individual](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/gallery-individual/) - Explore the Quilt Back to the gallery Explore the Quilt Back to the gallery Names We don't know any names for this panel. Do you? Report an update PrevPrevious NextNext Explore on Google Arts & Culture Zoom in and see all the details on Google Arts & Culture page. Visit Google Arts & CUlture Names - [Sample Page](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/sample-page/) - This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! I'm a bike messenger ## quilts - [AIDS Quilt 1](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-1/) - [AIDS Quilt 9](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-9/) - [AIDS Quilt 4](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-4/) - [AIDS Quilt 40](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-40/) - [AIDS Quilt 31](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-31/) - [AIDS Quilt 10](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-10/) - [AIDS Quilt 14](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-14/) - [AIDS Quilt 7](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-7/) - [AIDS Quilt 13](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-13/) - [AIDS Quilt 17](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-17/) - [AIDS Quilt 20](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-20/) - [AIDS Quilt 6](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-6/) - [AIDS Quilt 32](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-32/) - [AIDS Quilt 23](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-23/) - [AIDS Quilt 21](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-21/) - [AIDS Quilt 12](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-12/) - [AIDS Quilt 24](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-24/) - [AIDS Quilt 5](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-5/) - [AIDS Quilt 11](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-11/) - [AIDS Quilt 16](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-16/) - [AIDS Quilt 18](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-18/) - [AIDS Quilt 19](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-19/) - [AIDS Quilt 22](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-22/) - [AIDS Quilt 25](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-25/) - [AIDS Quilt 27](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-27/) - [AIDS Quilt 28](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-28/) - [AIDS Quilt 30](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-30/) - [AIDS Quilt 34](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-34/) - [AIDS Quilt 38](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-38/) - [AIDS Quilt 42](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-42/) - [AIDS Quilt 41](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-41/) - [AIDS Quilt 36](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-36/) - [AIDS Quilt 15](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-15/) - [AIDS Quilt 2](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-2/) - [A panel for Julio Garcia](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-032/) - [A Panel for Michael Cunningham](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-for-michael-cunningham/) - [A Panel for International Women's Day](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-for-international-womens-day/) - [A Panel for Phillip](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-for-phillip/) - [An unfinished panel for Keith Michael Jones](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/an-unfinished-panel-for-keith-micahel-jones/) - [A panel for Richard Chappell](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-for-richard-chappell/) - [A panel for Paul Hearton](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-for-paul-hearton/) - [A panel for Justin Michael Arnhem Lee](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-for-justin-michael-arnhem-lee/) - [A panel 'In memory of all the lost futures'](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-in-memory-of-all-the-lost-futures/) - [A panel commemorating the Quilts Project](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-commemorating-the-quilts-project/) - [A panel for James Pettigrew (Jamie)](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-for-james-pettigrew-jamie/) - [A panel depicting 2 boats and a poem](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-panel-depicting-2-boats-and-a-poem/) - [A Quilt for the London Lighthouse 2](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-quilt-for-the-london-lighthouse-2/) - [A Quilt for the London Lighthouse](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/a-quilt-for-the-london-lighthouse/) - [AIDS Quilt 8](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-8/) - [AIDS Quilt 35](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-35/) - [AIDS Quilt 3](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-3/) - [AIDS Quilt 37](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-37/) ## stories - [Chris Birch](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/story/chris-birch/) - [Susan Hall](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/story/susan-hall/) - [Dr Gill Brigg](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/story/dr-gill-brigg/) - [Jane Spencer](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/story/jane-spencer/) - [Jay Rayner](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/story/299/) ## publications - [‘People weep in its presence’: how the UK Aids Memorial Quilt became one of our great works of art](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/publications/publication-1/) ## Events - [Chester Cathedral](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/chester-cathedral/) - Chester Cathedral is hosting Block 34 from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt. The free exhibition will feature screenings of the film The Light That Never Goes Out and a video exhibit curated by poet Jay Hulme of short poetic reflections of the Quilt created by the Cathedral Community. https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/quilt/aids-quilt-34/ - [Tramway Scotland](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/tramway-scotland-exhibition/) - UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to be displayed in full for the first time in Scotland at Tramway Tramway, a Glasgow Life venue and international art space in Glasgow’s south side, funded by Creative Scotland will display the full UK Quilt alongside archival material which traces the Scottish roots of the project, as well as the - [Angels in America - Bridewell Theatre, London](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/angels-in-america-bridewell-theatre-london/) - Part of the AIDS Quilt UK will be on display in a production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America at the Bridewell Theatre. The Tony and Pulitzer winning masterpiece Angels in America is a sweeping, poetic two-part epic play about love, loss, and the search for meaning at the height of the 1980s AIDS crisis. Blending - [Film Screening: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/screening-of-the-rediscovered-documentary-there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out/) - This is a rare screening of the rediscovered 50-minute documentary about the 1994 'Quilts of Love' display of the AIDS Quilt UK at Hyde Park Corner - never broadcast at the time, screened only once privately, and presumed lost for thirty years until a VHS copy was found last year. It features Quilt makers, an - [Richmond Museum](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/richmond-museum/) - Part of the Quilt is currently on display at Richmond Museum as part of their Threads through Time exhibition www.museumofrichmond.com/threads/ - [Queer Britain Museum, London](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/queer-britain-museum-london/) - Part of the Quilt is currently on display at Queer Britain, the UK's national LGBTQ+ museum until 30 September 2026 - [In Plain Sight - The Painting Rooms, London](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/in-plain-sight-the-painting-rooms-london/) - Part of the Quilt will be on display at The Painting Rooms as part of the In Plain Sight exhibition - [Woven with Pride - British Museum, London](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/woven-with-pride-british-museum-london/) - Part of the Quilt is on display in the Great Court as part of the British Museum's Pride month programme, a day of workshops, film screenings and performances celebrating LGBTQ+ history and stories. - [Wakefield Exchange Display](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/wakefield-exchange-display/) - Wakefield is set to be the first city to welcome a full display of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, outside of London. All the 42 large Quilt blocks will be on display at Wakefield Exchange and the 24 individual panels will be shown in a variety of venues across the Wakefield area. The documentary film - [The Lavery](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/the-lavery/) - The Lavery café in Kensington will be holding a special World AIDS Day event with 5 Quilts displayed accompanied by a screening of There is a Light that never goes out playing on a loop. This is a great opportunity for anyone who missed the film screening at the Tate! The display and screening will be open to - [Edinburgh Art Festival & Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/edinburgh-art-festival-edinburgh-sculpture-workshop/) - This beautiful event is in collaboration with and inspired by Ally van Tillo, founder of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt and a key figure in Edinburgh’s early response to the AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s. There will be two short film screenings, a panel discussion with local activists and researchers and a candlelight procession - [Farm Street Church](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/farm-street-church/) - Some of the Quilts will be displayed as part of LGBT Catholics Westminster's World AIDS Day mass on Saturday 6th December, 3pm at Farm St Church, 114 Mount St, London W1K 3AH. The panels will be on display in the church's side-chapels between 5th and 15th December, so there is an opportunity to for members of the public to - [Southwark Cathedral](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/southwark-cathedral/) - Southwark Cathedral are to display a quilt from 30th November until the 8th December, over World AIDS Day. The quilt will be displayed in the Cathedral's chapel dedicated to persons living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, the UK's only chapel of its kind. The public will be able to visit to honour and remember those lives of - [Imperial College School of Public Health, White City](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/imperial-college-school-of-public-health-white-city/) - Imperial’s School of Public Health in White City, 90 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, will host several panels of the AIDS Quilt UK this World AIDS Day. This event is open to the public, and the Quilts can be viewed between the 26th of November and the 3rd of December. - [RED RUN London](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/red-run-london/) - The annual World AIDS Day RED RUN in Victoria Park, London is a 10k/5k charity fun run or walk, all ages and abilities are welcome. The Red Run is a great community event celebrating solidarity in the HIV sector, welcoming friends old and new, and raising awareness of support organisations across the country. There will - [Quilt making workshop at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/quilt-making-workshop-at-the-tate-2/) - Thinking of making a quilt panel for someone who lived and died with HIV, but not sure how to start? Join our free workshop at Tate Modern on Saturday 14 June 2025 for practical advice and creative inspiration. No sewing or art experience needed — just your ideas and the enthusiasm to begin. Led by: - [Quilt making workshop at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/quilt-making-workshop-at-the-tate/) - Thinking of making a quilt panel for someone who lived and died with HIV, but not sure how to start? Join our free workshop at Tate Modern on Saturday 14 June 2025 for practical advice and creative inspiration. No sewing or art experience needed — just your ideas and the enthusiasm to begin. Led by: - [AIDS Quilt at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/aids-quilt-at-the-tate-5/) - View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic. On Saturday 14 June, there will be - [AIDS Quilt at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/aids-quilt-at-the-tate-4/) - View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic. On Saturday 14 June, there will be - [Reading of the Names - AIDS Quilt at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/reading-of-the-names-aids-quilt-at-the-tate/) - Join us for a live reading of the names that appear on the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt This special event will take place on Saturday 14 June at 11am and 2pm where over 30 community members will read aloud in the Turbine Hall all the names that appear on the Quilt. This display is presented - [AIDS Quilt at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/aids-quilt-at-the-tate-3/) - View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic. On Saturday 14 June, there will be - [AIDS Quilt at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/aids-quilt-at-the-tate-2/) - View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic. On Saturday 14 June, there will be - [An Evening of Remembrance The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/an-evening-of-remembrance-the-uk-aids-memorial-quilt/) - Join us for an evening of conversation, remembrance and celebration as Tate welcomes the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to Tate Modern Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate, will be in conversation with writer, fashion critic and curator, Charlie Porter, who initiated the display, and Siobhán Lanigan of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Partnership. Charlie Porter is - [AIDS Quilt at the Tate](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/aids-quilt-at-the-tate/) - View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic. On Saturday 14 - [World AIDS Day 2023](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/world-aids-day-2023/) - To mark World AIDS Day 2023 and celebrate the launch of the AIDS Quilt UK Google Arts & Culture page, quilt panels will be on display on Sunday 3rd December between 10am - 4pm at Positive East. Open to all. - [Summer 2021, UK AIDS Memorial Quilt display](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/event/summer-2021-uk-aids-memorial-quilt-display/) - The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Conservation Partnership presents a display of the UK AIDS Quilts on 3rd & 4th and 10th & 11th July 2021 About this event The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is a precious artefact. Each of the panels commemorates lives lost to the AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 90s. It is ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/category/uncategorized/)