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

International Museum Day in Women’s Museums around the world

Museums are places to discover and to be curious. Since 1978 museums worldwide are celebrating International Museum Day every year. Women's Museums use this day to shed light on women's histories, art and achievements. This is how Women's Museums worldwide celebrated...

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Commemorating Gisela Breitling

The International Association of Women's Museums would like to join the commemoration of Gisela Breitling: GISELA BREITLING 27 May 1939  – 12 March 2018 in Berlin Painter and Writer Carrier of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon The painter and writer Gisela...

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