News from Museum Frauenkultur Regional – International
It feels like yesterday that we had opened the exhibition Technology#Female #Logical- in May, postponed by two weeks this year. Now we are in the last weeks of this years’ museums season. On October 31 we will close the gates for this year and prepare during winter...
From the streets of Shanghai to the Women’s Museum in X’ian
Known to everybody, even to those who have not yet strolled through it – that’s the no. 1 of China's streets, Nanjing-Street, situated in the heart of Shanghai. It is Sunday, that means, thousands of people come along with me, go for a stroll through this well-known...
Exhibition in Bonn: „Masked Ball“ – Women in Corona Times
The Frauenmuseum in Bonn, Germany opened the exhibition "Maskenball" (Masked Ball) on 20th September 2020. Corona Changes our Lives On the one hand, it is mainly women who keep our society alive in the COVID-19 crisis. On the other hand, they are suffering...
From historical oblivion to the thousand-peso bill
The highlight event of the last month at the Women's Museum Mexico City was the virtual conference “Hermila Galindo: from historical oblivion to the thousand-peso bill”. A very interesting talk by Dr. Rosa María Valles Ruiz on Galindo’s life and work. You can watch...
Online exhibition by Vietnamese Women’s Museum: The hearts for peace
The Vietnamese Women's Museum in Hanoi presents the new online exhibition "The hearts for peace". More than half a century ago, the United States(US) sent tens of millions of soldiers and millions of tonnes of bombs and ammunition to Vietnam. This unjust war was...
Museum International: Museums & Gender
Recently the International Council of Museums (ICOM) published the latest edition of the academic journal Museum International, on the theme, Museums and Gender. Several IAWM members have contributed with articles to this edition and Ashley E. Remer, head of Girl...