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 2025 Conference & AGM

Join us in Merano, Italy for this years’ conference and AGM. Find out more on our conference website

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

“Be brave” like Nasrin

The Dutch resistance museum was established in 1984. Since its inception, the museum has hosted events and exhibitions related to resistance, peace and human rights annually. This year at the Dutch resistance museum, the exhibition "Be Brave" focused on three citizens...

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fair share! Visibility for Women Artists

Women artists occupied the Piazzetta in front of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Germany under the motto fair share! Visibility for Women Artists on International Women's Day, Monday March 8, 2021. Between 2 and 3 p.m., a performative action took place in which female...

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Happy International Women’s Day

Shining the light on women's achivements, making the world a more equitable place, giving a new perspective of history, developing concepts for the future, and much much more ... These are the things women's and gender museums are doing every day. Celebrate...

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