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National Museum of Women in the Arts

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Four ceramic pots with intricate black, white, and red geometric patterns sit in a row on a white surface against a blue background. The pots feature various designs.

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Women have always been part of the American story. Visit Ms. Americana and Burnished: Pueblo Pottery at NMWA to celebrate A250!

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The National Museum of Women in the Arts is the first museum in the world dedicated solely to championing women through the arts. Located in the heart of Washington, DC, at 1250 New York Ave. NW, just steps from Metro Center. NMWA is open Tuesday through Sunday and welcomes visitors of all ages.

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A person looks at a painting of Frida Kahlo wearing a yellow, white, and pink dress.

Photo by Derek Baker for NMWA

Current Exhibitions

Making Their Mark

A painting featuring colorful geometric forms. Bowling-pin shaped forms with blue, red, pink, and yellow patterns line the lower half of the composition. A large abstract yellow form and black-and-white chevron stripes fill the background.
Drawn entirely from the contemporary art collection of Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg, Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection illustrates women artists’ vital role in abstraction, showcasing work by some of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Burnished

Twenty-four elegantly shaped clay ollas, seed jars, and bowls feature mesmerizing surfaces and pristinely sculpted motifs. Burnished: Pueblo Pottery at NMWA affirms the continuing impact of Pueblo women potters and NMWA’s longstanding commitment to collecting and exhibiting their work.
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Remix

A horizontal canvas combines collaged paper, such as a scrap of a U.S. map, comic strip, and pictographs; cloth swatches; scrawled and dripped paint; and phrases like “It takes hard work to keep racism alive” and “Oh! Zone.” The work’s title appears in red paint right of center.
Remix: The Collection showcases familiar collection favorites as well as never-before-exhibited recent acquisitions. Artworks are grouped around themes that resonate among global artists across time.
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Upcoming Events

Free Community Day

Jul 5, 10 am to 5 pm
Date: Jul, 05
Time: 10 am to 5 pm

ABC Teacher Institute 2026

Jun 29 to Jun 29, 2026
Date: Jul, 06
Time: 9 am to 4 pm

Free Community Day: Extended Hours

Jul 8, 10 am to 8 pm
Date: Jul, 08
Time: 10 am to 8 pm

Tour: Verbal Description

Jul 18, 12 to 1:30 pm
Date: Jul, 18
Time: 12 to 1:30 pm

Art Chat

Jul 24, 5 to 5:45 pm
Date: Jul, 24
Time: 5 to 5:45 pm

Tour: Scout Out #5WomenArtists

Jul 25, 12 to 12:45 pm
Date: Jul, 25
Time: 12 to 12:45 pm

Virtual Educator Summer Camp

Jul 27, 10 to 11:30 am
Date: Jul, 27
Time: 10 to 11:30 am

Virtual Educator Summer Camp

Jul 28, 10 to 11:30 am
Date: Jul, 28
Time: 10 to 11:30 am

Virtual Educator Summer Camp

Jul 29, 10 to 11:30 am
Date: Jul, 29
Time: 10 to 11:30 am

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Just 11% of all acquisitions at prominent American museums over the past decade were of work by women artists.
– Artnet News

What We Do

Our rotating special exhibitions showcase historic and contemporary artwork. Museum programs and events foster conversations and connections that inspire change. Our collections feature more than 5,500 works from the 16th century to today created by more than 1,000 artists.

View of a gallery with works of art installed on the walls and on pedestals.
Remix: The Collection, installation view, National Museum of Women in the Arts; Photo by Kevin Allen Photography for NMWA

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People in the art world want to think we are achieving parity more quickly than we are.”
Susan Fisher Sterling, The Alice West Director

Advocate for Gender Equity

Historically, social and cultural systems based on false beliefs about gender have hindered artists’ power, access, and agency. Gender bias is less overt today, but contemporary women artists still face many obstacles and disparities, as well as persistent underrepresentation in museum collections and exhibitions worldwide.

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Life-sized, full-length portraits of 12 individuals form a frieze-like composition against a saturated lapis-blue background. Most of those portrayed are noted feminist artists and critics. Details from the artist's earlier paintings appear above and to t
May Stevens, SoHo Women Artists, 1977-78; Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 142 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Museum purchase: The Lois Pollard Price Acquisition Fund; © May Stevens; Courtesy of the estate of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York

May Stevens, SoHo Women Artists, 1977-78; Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 142 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Museum purchase: The Lois Pollard Price Acquisition Fund; © May Stevens; Courtesy of the estate of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York

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