What We Do

IAWM has six goals to guide our mission. 

  • To promote culture, arts, education and training from a gender perspective;
  • To foster exchange, networking, mutual support and global cooperation among Women’s Museums;
  • To conduct research and the development of projects, exhibitions, new initiatives, community activities, seminars and conferences;
  • To promote and strengthen the acceptance of Women’s and Gender Museums worldwide;
  • To achieve international recognition in the world of museums; and
  • To advocate for women’s rights and a gender democratic society.

To achieve these goals, we provide three services to member museums.

Monitoring – we maintain a database of women’s museums worldwide and promote and disseminate their activities and exhibitions through our social media channels. 

Networking – we regularly co-organize international congresses with host museums for meetings, discussions, and exchanges between our members. We also work with other networks to foster collaborations between women’s museums and other museums or organizations.

Cooperating – We bring museums together to create collaborative projects, like the EU-project She Culture, and promote exchange and cooperation between our members.

Latest News

The Congress of Women in Poland

The Congress of Women is behind us (2-3 September) - an event which for 15 years has been the most important place for active Polish women to exchange experiences. Where we can talk openly about our problems, find solutions and support each other. As a reminder -...

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Summer at the Women’s Museum Norway

We are currently finishing up an exciting and successful summer season at the Women’s Museum Norway. We are happy to have welcomed a mix of locals, Norwegians from other parts of the country and international visitors to our five exhibitions on local female pioneers...

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Anouk Lamm Anouk: post/pre Lesbian Jazz

September 10 to December 3, 2023 Opening: September 10, 2023, 12 p.m. On September 10, 2023, frauen museum wiesbaden opens the doors to post/pre Lesbian Jazz, the first solo museum exhibition by Anouk Lamm Anouk. Encompassing three exhibition levels, this will be the...

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Mexico City’s Women’s Museum

During the month of July 2023, the following activities were carried out at the Women’s Museum in Mexico City: 4 workshops, 15 conferences and 1 concert. Our most outstanding event was the Cycle of conferences, in commemoration of the International Day of...

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