A United States HIV/AIDS Memorial Museum, to be located in Newark, New Jersey, USA.

It was founded in December 2004. Its first pilot program, an exhibit of art by HIV-positive artists entitled "Eyes of Mercy", was held from November 11 through December 1, 2006 at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. The second exhibit was held in March 2007 at Red Saw Art Gallery in Newark, NJ. The AIDS Museum also co-organized an exhibit entitled "Edge of Light: Art in the Age of AIDS" at the Paul Robeson Center Gallery at Rutgers Newark, which ran from July 2007 until December 2007. December 2007 has been a busy month for the AIDS Museum. George Mason University in Virginia also hosted a photographic exhibit by artist Kathy Seward Mackay called "Dying in Vein" about AIDS in the hemophilia community. In addition, artist Nicole Margaretten's sculpture "Roasting the Virus: An Eternal Flame dedicated to those affected by HIV/AIDS" as well as a panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt were displayed at New School University in New York City. Finally, the World Culture Open Gallery (also in New York) was the site of a collaborative project called "Positive Still: Artists Respond to AIDS" featuring, among other artwork, five pieces from the AIDS Museum's permanent collection. The next exhibit "Lifework" will be hosted at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, NJ in January 2008.

Justin Vivian Bond (born May 9, 1963), formerly simply Justin Bond, is an American singer-songwriter, performance artist, occasional actor and Radical Faerie. Described as a "fixture of the New York avant-garde", Bond arose to notability playing the role of Kiki DuRayne in the drag cabaret act Kiki and Herb from the early 1990s through to 2004. Born physically male, Bond is transgender and eschews gender-specific honorifics and pronouns, preferring "Mx." and "V" respectively.

Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, Bond went on to study theater at Adelphi University before moving to San Francisco after graduating in 1985. It was here that v met Kenny Mellman, and they began a cabaret act together, which would eventually lead to them creating the characters of Kiki and Herb. Bond designed Kiki to be an elderly alcoholic woman who would perform covers of pre-existing songs in her own distinct style. Bond decided to bring an end to the Kiki character in 2004, subsequently embarking on a solo career, and starring in John Cameron Mitchell's film Shortbus (2006) as vself before releasing vs first EP, Pink Slip (2009), and then an album, Dendrophile (2011). That same year also saw the publication of a memoir, entitled Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels.