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

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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Frauenmuseum Hittisau: Special Commendation 2021

  Women’s Museum Hittisau received one of six Special Commendations of the European Museum Award 2021. This award honors museums that are new and innovative. The main prize, the EMYA 2021, was given to the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Netherlands) at the online...

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