IAWM

“There has to be a women’s museum in every country of this world.”

Shirin Ebadi

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (2003) and official godmother of IAWM

Welcome to the International Association of Women’s Museums (IAWM). We are thrilled to share with you our organization and members, which seek to provide women’s museums – and those who work with them – a place to share and collaborate. Learn about our history, our goals, and our members.

Are you a women’s museum or just want to know more?

IAWM Statement on Oppression in Iran

IAWM’s stands with our members on the incarceration of Nasrin Sotoudeh and others fighting oppression in Iran. Read the full statement here.

IAWM Statement Against Violence Against Women

The IAWM stands strong against violence against women. Read our statement in honour of 25 November here.

 

Latest News

Welcome Webinar for IAWM Members 2022

Everyone interested is invited to learn more about IAWM at our upcoming webinar. ‘Welcome Webinar for members – old, new and future members of IAWM’ will be held at 10am (local time CST) on Thursday 31st March 2022, hosted at the Mexican Women Museum/ Museo de la...

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6th International IAWM Conference of Women’s Museums

The 6th International IAWM Conference of Women's Museums took place at the Women's Museum Hittisau. The conference theme was "and still we* create". Over sixty directors and representatives of women's museums and women's museum initiatives from five continents came...

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A woman’s museum in a shopping mall

New impressions from Marianne Wimmer's travels through the USA Let' s move further into the Midwest of the USA! With Toledo at the south end of Lake Erie we leave Ohio and enter the federal state of Michigan with its capital Lansing. We make our first stop at the...

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