Art Museum
National Museum of Women in the Arts
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National Museum of Women in the Arts is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States.
About National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening in 1987, the museum has acquired a collection of more than 6,000 works by more than 1,000 artists, ranging from the 16th century to today. The collection includes works by Mary Cassatt, Alma Woodsey Thomas, Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun, and Amy Sherald. NMWA also holds the only painting by Frida Kahlo in Washington, D.C., Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky.
The museum occupies the old Masonic Temple, a building listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
National Museum of Women in the Arts by the numbers
- Founded
- 1981
Plan your visit
National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Website
- nmwa.org
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