IAWM - International Association of Women's Museums

1980
USA: Maryland Women’s Heritage Center and Museum

1981
Germany: Frauenmuseum, Bonn

1982
Australia: Pioneer Women’s Hut, Tumbarumba
Denmark: Kvindemuseet i Danmark, Aarhus

1983
USA: Women’s Museum of California, San Diego, California

1984
Germany: Frauen Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden

1985
International Museum of Women (now closed)
USA: National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, Rochester, New York

1986
Germany: Das Verborgene Museum, Berlin
USA: International Women’s Air & Space Museum, Cleveland, Ohio

1987
Vietnam: The Southern Women’s Museum, Ho-Chi-Minh-City
Vietnam: Vietnamese Women’s Museum, Hanoi
USA: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
USA: Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame, Okemos, Michigan
Netherlands: Museum Het Vrouwenhuis Zwolle, Zwolle

1988
Italy: Frauenmuseum Meran, Merano
USA: Women of the West Museum at the Autry National Center, Los Angeles, California

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Webinar for General Assembly

Jun 5, 2025

Webinar for General Assembly In preparation for our General Assembly in August 2025, we warmly invite you to a 90-minute online seminar to present and discuss amendments to the IAWM Statutes. Given the limited time and the extensive agenda of the upcoming General...

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2025 IAWM Pre-Conference Workshop

May 29, 2025

Cartographies of interruption and influence: Feminist educational and institutional strategies in museums in response to gender-based violence When: August 24-27 Despite decades of activism, the United Nations (UN) notes that gender-based violence remains staggeringly...

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IAWM Conference- Call for Posters

May 29, 2025

CFP- The Diversity of Women's and Gender Museums Worldwide Proposed exhibition at the Women's Museum Meran Opening: August 2025 Call for posters: The Women's Museum Meran is offering the opportunity to members of the IAWM to contribute to a poster exhibition on the...

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Petition “FREE REZA KHANDAN”

Feb 25, 2025

IAWM stands with Nasrin Sotoudeh in her tireless fight for human rights. Because of her activism, her husband and son have been beaten, and her husband, Reza Khandan, is now unjustly imprisoned for supporting women's rights in Iran. Support the fight for justice—sign...

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