National Museum of Women in the Arts
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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.[1][2][3]
Established | 1987 |
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Location | 1250 New York Ave NW Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Website | nmwa |
The museum building is a renovated Masonic Temple. The building was built in 1908. In 1983 the Masons sold the building and it was bought by the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[4] It recieved National Register of Historic Places landmark status in 1987.[5]
Important women artists in the museum's collection include Louise Bourgeois, Mary Cassatt, Judy Chicago, Frida Kahlo, Shirin Neshat, Faith Ringgold, Pipilotti Rist, Amy Sherald and Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun.[6] The museum owns art work from the 16th century through to the present. More than 1,000 women artists are in the collection.[1]