The Vietnamese Women’s Museum

The Vietnamese Women’s Museum

Vietnamese Women’s Museum was established in 1987 and run by Vietnamese Women’s Union. It is a gender museum with functions of research, preservation, and display of tangible and intangible historical and cultural heritages of Vietnamese women and Vietnam Women’s...

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Marianne Strobl 1865-1917: Industrial photographer in Vienna

Marianne Strobl 1865-1917: Industrial photographer in Vienna

Das Verborgene Museum in Berlin, Germany is opening the exhibition "Marianne Strobl 1865-1917: Industrial photographer in Vienna" on 18th September 2019 at 19:00.   Download exhibition flyer here The legacy left behind by the Viennese photographer Marianne Strobl...

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About the other gaze

About the other gaze

Women's Museum Hittisau, Austria presents in collaboration with Spielboden Dornbirn the documentary film 'Sie ist der andere Blick' (She is the other gaze). Five female artists speak about their experiences in the art world of the 1960s and 1970s, how they liberated...

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Second journey of the collection: From Evin With Love

Second journey of the collection: From Evin With Love

When on the 9th March 2018 the Iranian Women's Movement Museum opened the exhibition "From Evin With Love" in The Hague in exile, it was a moving moment. Mansoureh Shojaee, curator of the exhibition, founder of the Iranian Women's Movement Museum, and member of IAWM...

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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...

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Frauenmuseum Hittisau: Lecture on Birthculture in Vorarlberg

The History of Vorarlberg's First and Last Maternity Home The maternity home of Lustenau was the first one to be opened in Vorarlberg (Austria). It was also the last one which was closed. Tonight, the cultural historian Nikola Langreiter will talk about the history of...

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Upcoming Group Exhibition of Herstorymuseum

September 17 - November 14, 2020 ADN Galería, Barcelona (https://www.adngaleria.com)   HERSTORYMUSEUM presents PERMISSION DE TRAVESTISSEMENT in the exhibition SHE, THE EYE, THE FINGER, THE HAND Margaret Harrison/Nuria Güell/María María Acha-Kutscher Curator:...

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Women’s Health and Covid-19

The doctor and journalist Stefanie Schmid-Altringer has recently co-authored a book on women's health. In the podcast science unscripted she talks about gender medicine, empowerment and the pandemics's impact on women. "We have different symptoms that we need to...

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