In this article I focus on the queer guided tours held in three publicly
funded museums which form the Finnish National Gallery. In my
analysis I alternate between my reconstructions of the tour guide’s
narration during each respective tour, and my interpretative reading
of it. I am interested in seeing how queer was defined and put into
practice by each of the different tour guides. On the one hand, I pay
attention to the queer-informed content of the tour; while on the other, I
am also curious to see whether and how queer was translated into the
pedagogies of the guiding practices themselves. By doing so, I hope to
illuminate the different ways in which queer, both as a theoretical and
political concept, may be put into practice in mainstream museums,
and the possible ramifications of this for both the guiding practices
and the positioning of the visitors.