One step closer to a women’s museum in Switzerland

One step closer to a women’s museum in Switzerland

On 14th of June 2019 thousands of women and men in Switzerland went on strike in order to protest for women’s rights. The first women’s strike in Switzerland took place in 1991. Since then many things have changed – but many things also remained problematic, like...

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Looking at the Museum From a Feminist Perspective

Looking at the Museum From a Feminist Perspective

On 24th May 2019 Gül Aydin, student of museology and individual member of IAWM, was invited to the Women's Museum Izmir in Turkey to deliver a talk with the title "Looking at the Museum From a Feminist Perspective". In her speech she started off talking about women's...

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We welcome our new member: The women’s book room in Iceland

We welcome our new member: The women’s book room in Iceland

Konubokastofan (The women's book room) was founded by Rannveig Anna Jonsdottir and officially established as a non-profit entity on April 25 2013. Anna conceived the idea for Konubokastofa while studying Icelandic literature at the University of Iceland. Helga Kress,...

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News at the Women’s Museum of Mexico City

News at the Women’s Museum of Mexico City

At the end of the First World War, Virginia Gildersleeve, Dean of Barnard College, Caroline Spurgeon, professor of the University of London and Rose Sidgwick of the University of Birmingham decided to create a world organization that united university women, in order...

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Latest News

Women’s Museum Meran re-opened!

After three months of closure, the Women's Museum in Meran opened its doors again this week. It was a great pleasure for the museum team to welcome the first visitors and to present the news. The new permanent exhibition At the beginning of the year the time had come...

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International Museum Day 2020

Today is International Museum Day! All over the world museums participate with content and events. This year ICOM has selected a theme that is very close to the heart of many women’s museums: Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion. IAWM members will participate...

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