IAWM is changing: Goodbye to our coordinator, Astrid Schönweger
We have chosen to work in a field that operates off the beaten track. Very often we have to walk on narrow roads or to find new ways. This is not always easy. Still, it is a most important and fulfilling task; the world needs women’s and gender museums. I am convinced...
Online Ritual – From Darkness To Light
Join Frauenmuseum Hittisau in an online ritual on birth and transformation. The occasion is the period between winter solstice and Candlemas (2 February) - a time that celebrates the rebirth of light. Why rituals? According to the Korean-German philosopher and...
New book: Feminist Critique and the museum
New book: Feminist Critique and the museum – Educating for a critical consciousness
At the birthplace of women’s rights
Soon after passing the city limits of Seneca Falls it is obvious – you are travelling on historic grounds. "Women's Rights National Historic Park", "Wesleyan Chapel", "National Women's Hall of Fame", "House of Elisabeth Cady Stanton"... signs that remind you of what...
Women’s Museum Mexico: lecture
Women's Museum Mexico invites you to an online lecture on Carmen Mondragón (1893-1978) also known as Nahui Olin. The contemporary of Frida Kahlo was a painter, poet and model who shaped Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s. Learn more about Nahui Olin and her time in the...
Let’s go to America…
...to airports and shopping-malls, to art museums and little galeries, to former farm houses and factories, to shops and offices – in short: to ordinary and extraordinary locations that are housing women' s museums. It is 2018 and my friend Resi and I are heading for...