Exhibition opening at the women’s museum Meran, Italy
Tonight the temporary exhibition "Kümmernis - a re-discovered cult figure" will be opened at the women's museum Meran, Italy. It tells the story of the legendary Saint Kümmernis from medieval Europe who became the patroness for women in Europe throughout centuries....
The journey of good girls of color
The new exhibition of the Girl Museum is called Breathing Lessons. The artist darlene anita scott explores the journey of good girls of color and how they navigate a role rarely assigned to them in this art and poetry exhibition. darlene anita scott: Racism and sexism...
New book published: Feminism and Museums
The two volumes of "Feminism and Museums" are edited by Jenna Ashton and published by MuseumsEtc. They include not only an article called "Women’s Museums: Hubs for Feminism" written by our coordinator Astrid Schönweger, but many insightful chapters of our member...
Presentation of research findings at the Women’s Museum Hittisau
Tomorrow the women's museum Hittisau hosts an evening around the topic of gender roles in the process of integration. The two researchers Dr.in Eva Grabherr and Mag.a Caroline Manahl will present their research findings around questions like: Which gender roles are...
Conference in Florence: Between Gender & Public History
On Wednesday 29 November the conference Tra Gender & Public History: Rappresentazioni e percorsi will take place in Florence. Not only IAWM will take part in this conference with a talk, but also other women's museums from Italy.
Progress in the campaign for “More Plinths For Women” in the UK
Since International Women's Day 2016 the campaign inVISIBLEwomen started by Terri Bell Halliwell in the UK is calling for more plinths for women in the UK. And this is not before time, given that the 85% of civic statues that are of men and arguably form the UK's...