Launch House of HIV

On September 25th, the launch of the House of Hiv foundation will be celebrated with a festive gathering. The foundation emerged from the 2022 exhibition of the same name, which told the story of forty years of HIV activism in the Netherlands. With House of Hiv, we will document, visualise, and keep alive the history of HIV and AIDS.

Foto Jan Carel Warffemius / Collectie IHLIA / Archief Act Up!

Inspired by the 2022 exhibition of the same name, celebrating 40 years of community initiatives in the Netherlands, the House of Hiv Nederland foundation, established on December 9, 2024, will continue to archive and document Dutch HIV history.

In the coming years, the foundation will collect more stories from people who have witnessed the early AIDS years up to the arrival of effective HIV treatment in 1996. A second phase of this initiative will focus on testimonies from after 1996 to the present. All stories will be available in the community archive, which is still under construction, at www.houseofhiv.nl.

Would you like to volunteer with our foundation or share your story? Email info@houseofhiv.nl and we will contact you.