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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Statement of support for Ayse Gul altinay from IAWM

Statement of support for Ayse Gul altinay from IAWM

Ayse Gül Altinay, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Center at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, was one of the cooperation partners of Women's Museum Istanbul to organise the the first Asian and European conference of...

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Female scientists at the Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Austria

Female scientists at the Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Austria

Conversation with astrophysicist Konstanze Zwintz, the philosopher Marie-Luisa Frick and the sociologist Kristina Stöckl Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 7 pm An event in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck On the occasion of its 350th anniversary the University of...

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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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Women’s Museums at Home: Women’s Museum Hanoi

In times when many museums worldwide are forced to keep their doors shut, we invite you to engage with exhibitions and collections of women’s museums virtually. On this blog we will share with you online exhibitions or virtual views into our member museums worldwide....

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