Stonewall National Museum and Archives (SNMA, officially Stonewall Library & Archives Inc.) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that promotes understanding through preserving, interpreting and sharing the culture of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their role in society. It owns and manages a library and archival collection and presents a series of public programs. SNMA has two small exhibition areas (Ross Gallery and Hester Gallery) with changing exhibitions drawn primarily from its collections. Additionally, SNMA hosts a web-based LGBTQ timeline of American LGBTQ history, launched in 2021 and known as In Plain Sight. Although Stonewall's name is inspired by the Stonewall Inn where the 1969 Stonewall riots took place, the museum and archive has no direct connection with the New York location. History SNMA was founded in 1973 by Mark N. Silber. The collection was housed in his parents' home for 10 years. It was moved to a classroom at the Sunshine Cathedral, Metropolitan Community Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, around 1983. The library merged with the Boca Raton-based Southern Gay Archives which were organized by Joel Starkey and collectively they formed Stonewall Library & Archives, Inc. In 2001, the library and archive moved into the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of South Florida at 1717 North Andrews Avenue. Several years later, the center was slated for demolition, so Stonewall began looking for other options. They were approached by Broward County, who offered space at a former Fort Lauderdale library branch of the Broward County library at 1300 East Sunrise Blvd in Fort Lauderdale. The Broward County Commission approved the move in a 9-0 vote on 10 June 2007. The new location opened in February 2009. In 2014 the Stonewall opened a branch, the Stonewall Gallery, at 2157 Wilton Drive in neighboring Wilton Manors. That location was closed in June 2020 as part of the Stonewall's efforts to consolidate its operations in a single location. Library In addition to the Archive and Museum, SNMA also has a library containing volumes all relating to or about LGBTQ+ topics, and is one of the largest lending libraries of LGBTQ+ materials in the United States. A membership to SNMA is required in order to check-out materials, although the library is free and open to the public for researching and browsing and membership is free to all high school and college students. SNMA also provides free wireless internet