The Association of Children’s Museums provides a state by state listing of children’s museums.
http://www.childrensmuseums.org
United States of America
International Museum of Women is a groundbreaking social change museum that inspires global action, connects people across borders and transforms hearts and minds by amplifying the voices of women worldwide through global online exhibitions, history, the arts and cultural programs that educate, create dialogue and build community.
http://www.imow.org
The National Women’s History Museum, founded in 1996, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women, and integrating this rich heritage fully into our nation's history.
http://www.nwhm.org
The Women’s Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate, makes visible the unique, textured, and diverse stories of American women to expand our understanding of women's participation in shaping our nation's history and create a lively environment for dialogue and discovery.
http://www.thewomensmuseum.org
National Museum of Women in the Arts brings recognition to the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities by exhibiting, preserving, acquiring, and researching art by women and by teaching the public about their accomplishments.
http://www.nmwa.org
The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas is the only museum in the world dedicated to honoring women of the American West who have displayed extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit in their trail blazing efforts.
http://www.cowgirl.net
Argentina
Museo de la Mujer
Una propuesta de arte y cultura de las mujeres que hacen historia junto al pueblo.
http://www.museodelamujer.org.ar/
Website in Spanish
Australia
The National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame is Australia’s first virtual Women’s Museum.
It is dedicated to preserving the place of women in history for their special contribution to Australia’s heritage.
http://www.pioneerwomen.com.au/index.php
Austria
Frauenmuseum
Aufgabe des Frauenmuseums ist es, die Welt (Vergangenheit und Gegenwart) aus Frauensicht darzustellen, die Auseinandersetzung der Frauen mit ihrer natürlichen und gesellschaftlichen Umwelt, und die daraus entwickelte (frauenspezifische) Kultur.
http://www.frauenmuseum.com/
Website in German
muSIEum
Museum dedicated to exploring gender.
http://www.musieum.at
Website in German
Denmark
Kvindemuseet (The Women's Museum)
The Women’s Museum in Denmark is a national specialist museum which researches, builds collections and presents knowledge of Danish women’s life and work.
http://www.kvindemuseet.dk/uk.aspx
Website in Danish, English and German
Germany
Frauenmuseum (Bonn)
www.frauenmuseum.de
Website in German
Frauenmuseum (Wiesbaden)
http://www.frauenmuseum-wiesbaden.de/fmw/ausstellungen-e.html
Website in German
Italy
Frauenmuseum Evelyn Ortner
The museum depicts culture and everyday stories from a female perspective. It shows the representation of ideals and perceptions and explores the various roles of women in the 19th and 20th century by means of clothes, objects of everyday life, books and documents.
http://www.museia.org/
Website in German, Italian and English
Mali
Muso Kunda ou Du côté des Femmes (dans une langue malienne) est le musée de la femme malienne qu'elle soit de Kayes, Djenné, Mopti, Tombouctou. Muso Kunda met en scène cette héroïne en lui rendant justice et en lui accrochant les pensées et les regards. C'est là où les femmes s'occupent, s'arment, se reflètent et s'expriment selon leurs sensibilités. Ce musée a l'ambition d'être une ouverture sur l'univers des femmes, un espace d'échanges et une école qui intègre, de manière vivante, leurs arts et leurs savoir-faire.
http://www.museedelafemme.com/
Website in French
The Netherlands
FemArtMuseum is dedicated to the art of women.
http://www.femartmuseum.com/index.htm
Website in Dutch, English and Spanish
Museum van de Vrouw
Een bezoek aan het Museum van de Vrouw is boeiend, inspirerend en bovendien ook leerzaam.
www.museumvandevrouw.nl
Website in Dutch
Norway
The Kvinnemuseet collects material on and documents the life and work of Norwegian women. It hopes to inspire development in society by focusing on the diversity and plight of women in their daily life.
http://www.kvinnemuseet.no/
Website in Norwegian, English and Japanese
Romania
Dragomiresti - The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Woman in Maramure
http://visittransilvania.ro/detail_atraction.php?language=english&district=Maramures&id=215
There is no official website- this is a tourist information page, in English
Senegal
Le Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily est né d’un rêve de femmes, celui de montrer la créativité, le savoir-faire, savoir-être et paraître des Sénégalaises.
http://mufem.org/index.php
Website in French
United Kingdom
New Hall College in Cambridge is the custodian of the world's second-largest collection of art by women with more than 350 works by over 250 artists.
http://www-art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/
Website in English
The V&A Museum of Childhood aims to encourage everyone to explore the themes of childhood past and present and develop an appreciation of creative design through our inspirational collections and programmes.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/
Vietnam
The Hanoi Women's Museum
There is no official website, but this article provides essential information for visiting, in English.
http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/vietnam/hanoi/hanoi-museums/vietnam-womens-museum-in-hanoi.html |
National Council for Research on Women is a network of more than 100 leading U.S. research, advocacy, and policy centers with a growing global reach to ensure fully informed debate, policies, and practices to build a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls.
http://www.ncrw.org
The National Women's History Project (NWHP), founded in 1980, is an educational nonprofit organization to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
http://www.nwhp.org
Women's Studies Online Resources from University of Maryland will help you find information-rich, high-quality web sites focusing on women's studies or women's issues.
http://userpages.umbc.edu/%7Ekorenman/wmst
North American Women's Letters and Diaries includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters.
http://solomon.nwld.alexanderstreet.com/index.html
Children & Youth in History (CYH) is a world history resource that provides teachers and students with access to sources about young people from the past to the present.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh
Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) promotes the study of the history of children and youth.
http://www.h-net.org/~child/SHCY
Belgium
Amazone contains an archive of Belgian feminist groups.
http://www.amazone.be/Main/Frameset.asp?reference=01-01&lang=en&sess=674680151&
Croatia
Ženska Infoteka is a women’s information and documentation center in Croatia.
http://www.zinfo.hr/
The Netherlands
Women's History at the International Institute of Social History holds information on women's and gender history and women's roles in social movements in the Netherlands and worldwide. It also maintains and hosts a variety of other resources for women's and gender history.
http://www.iisg.nl/womhist/
Website in Dutch and English
UK
England
History to Her Story is a major and unique project in women's history, examining through the lives and organisations of Yorkshire women the roles that women have played in history.
http://www.historytoherstory.org.uk/index.php?targetid=102
Website in English
The Women's Library
The Women's Library is a cultural centre housing the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. Access is free and open to everyone. It is based at London Metropolitan University.
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
Ireland
The Women's History Project surveys, lists and publishes historical documents relevant to the history of women in Ireland. The work of the Project has and will continue to open up new areas of study allowing for a greater understanding of the diverse experiences of women in Irish history.
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/wh/whp.html
Scotland
Glasgow Women’s Library houses a lending library, archive collections and contemporary and historical artefacts relating to women’s lives, histories and achievements. It helps women with their reading and writing, holds a wide range of creative courses and events and has a lending library and helpdesk.
http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/
Website in English
Wales
Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales exists to promote the study, and to rescue and preserve the sources, of women's history in Wales. Their broad range of archival, photographic and other material sources illustrate the history and heritage of women in Wales, and their experience in a range of spheres including the domestic, political, religious, economic, cultural and social.
http://www.womensarchivewales.org/en/index.html
Website in Welsh and English
Australia
Australian Women’s Archives Project strategy is to identify and support preservation of women’s records and make them accessible to researchers, and it includes an online Register of the location and content of women’s records
http://www.womenaustralia.info/
Website in English
Germany
Frauenforschungs-, -bildungs- und -informationszentrum e.V.
FFBIZ is an large archive and library of books, periodicals, documents and ephemera relating to the women's movement and women's history in Germany.
http://www.ffbiz.de/htdocs/content/offerin.htm
Website in German and English
Switzerland
Gosteli-Stiftung - Archiv zur Geschichte der schweizerischen Frauenbewegung
The Gosteli Foundation is an archive of materials relating to the feminist movement and the history of women in Switzerland.
http://www.gosteli-foundation.ch/front-page?set_language=de
Website in German, Italian, French and English
France
Le Centre des Archives du Féminismeis aFrench feminist archive.
http://bu.univ-angers.fr/index.php?S_file=archives/index_F.php
Turkey
Women’s Library and Information Center Foundation is women’s library and information center in Turkey.
http://www.archimac.org/Organizations/KEK.spml
Russia
Association of the Independent Women's Organizations is the umbrella association for women's organisations from Russia and former USSR republics.
http://www.owl.ru/eng/women/aiwo/index.htm
Website in Russian and English |
Download a list of Women's Studies Programsin the United States.
Girls Learn International empowers American students through their own creative initiatives, dedication and passionate leadership to create real solutions and be leaders in the movement to affect positive change for girls and women worldwide.
http://www.girlslearn.org
Girls Incorporated is a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
http://www.girlsinc.org
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world.
http://www.girlscouts.org
Girl Culture is a web encyclopedia of contemporary girlhood.
http://girlculture.mcgill.ca/index.html
The Women’s Resource Centre
The Women’s Resource Centre is a UK organisation that supports women’s organisations to be more effective and sustainable. We provide training, resources and support to women's organisations and we campaign and lobby on key issues for the sector.
http://www.wrc.org.uk
Women's Environmental Network
Women's Environmental Network is the only organisation in the UK working consistently for women and the environment. Our vision is of a world where women are aware of their ability to change the environment for the better and actively come together to do so. Our strategic aims are to empower women to make positive environmental change, to increasing awareness of women’s perspectives on environmental issues and to Influencing decision-making to achieve environmental justice for women.
http://www.wen.org.uk/general_pages/about.htm
Rights of Women is a women’s voluntary organisation committed to informing, educating and empowering women concerning their legal rights in the UK.
http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about.php
Nehanda Black Women’s Organisation
Nehanda Black Women’s Organisation is a UK registered charity committed to the promotion and development of self-help initiatives for women. We organise and facilitate educational, social and cultural activities, which are of benefit to women of African and African-Caribbean descent. http://www.nehanda.org.uk/pages/service.htm
Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation
The WSFF works to increase the health, fitness and well-being of women and girls by making physical activity an integral part of their lives, where physical activity is defined as sport and exercise. Mission - A society which encourages, enables and celebrates active and healthy women and girls.
http://www.wsff.org.uk/
FATIMA Women's Networkis a UK based online resource designed to represent all women's issues at a regional and national level. FATIMA Women's Network wants to bring about positive change in the lives of women and has a distinct focus on women from diverse communities and disadvantaged background.
http://www.fatima-network.com/main/About
End Violence Against Women
Our vision is of a society where women and girls can live their lives free from violence and the threat of violence.
http://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/
Girl Geek Scotland
A Scotland based community for women and girls interested in technology, creativity and computing. The About page has a list of girl geek groups in different areas, worldwide.
http://www.girlgeekscotland.co.uk
Central Asia Institute promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
https://www.ikat.org/
Camfed promotes girl’s education in Africa.
http://us.camfed.org/
Girlhood Studies:An Interdisciplinary Journal is a peer-reviewed journal providing a forum for the critical discussion of girlhood from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and for the dissemination of current research and reflections on girls' lives to a broad, cross-disciplinary audience of scholars, researchers, practitioners in the fields of education, social service and health care and policy makers.
http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/ghs |
Lauren Greenfield is considered a preeminent chronicler of youth culture as a result of her groundbreaking projects Girl Culture and Fast Forward.
http://www.laurengreenfield.com
New Moon Girls is an online community and print magazine where girls create and share poetry, artwork, videos, and more; chat together; and learn. All in a fully moderated, educational environment designed to build self-esteem and positive body image.
http://www.newmoon.com
Kids with Cameras is a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities around the world. We use photography to capture the imaginations of children, to empower them, building confidence, self-esteem and hope.
http://www.kids-with-cameras.org
Woman Made Gallery is not-for-profit organization founded in 1992 that supports women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness and advocacy through exhibitions, which raise public awareness and recognition of women's cultural contributions.
http://womanmade.org
A.I.R. Gallery, founded in 1972, is the first cooperative for women artists in the US. A.I.R. promotes the work of women artists through exhibitions, workshops, and mentoring programs.
http://www.airgallery.org |
