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National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., is the first museum in the world dedicated to art made by women.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

museum, Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: NMWA
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National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to art made by women. Founded by collectors Wilhelmina Cole Holladay and Wallace F. Holladay, her husband, in 1981, it was the first museum of its kind in the world. By the 21st century the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) was housing a collection of about 6,000 works dating from the Renaissance to the present by female, transgender, and...

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