National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) There is a very special museum in Washington DC. One that collects and exhibits works of women artists and supports women in the arts not just in the U.S. but everywhere. It is the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), the only museum of its kind the world over. But how come someone like me, a feminist and a museum person did not know about it? I wanted to learn more about it, how it came about, what it does, and how it can b

Rodarte exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) I didn’t know that there was a museum, the only one in the world, dedicated to collecting and exhibiting solely works of women artists. And that it was in Washington, DC. I found this out because I read months ago that a retrospective of the work of the fashion house Rodarte founded by sisters Kate & Laura Mulleavy in 2005 was going to take place and it was in the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)