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

Marianne Strobl 1865-1917: Industrial photographer in Vienna

Das Verborgene Museum in Berlin, Germany is opening the exhibition "Marianne Strobl 1865-1917: Industrial photographer in Vienna" on 18th September 2019 at 19:00.   Download exhibition flyer here The legacy left behind by the Viennese photographer Marianne Strobl...

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About the other gaze

Women's Museum Hittisau, Austria presents in collaboration with Spielboden Dornbirn the documentary film 'Sie ist der andere Blick' (She is the other gaze). Five female artists speak about their experiences in the art world of the 1960s and 1970s, how they liberated...

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Second journey of the collection: From Evin With Love

When on the 9th March 2018 the Iranian Women's Movement Museum opened the exhibition "From Evin With Love" in The Hague in exile, it was a moving moment. Mansoureh Shojaee, curator of the exhibition, founder of the Iranian Women's Movement Museum, and member of IAWM...

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