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Located on the NE coast of Sweden, it was established as a centre
for Nordic women’s art during the 1990s by the municipality
of Skellefteå. The basis of the collection is work by Anna
Nordlander (1843-1879), a professional painter at a time when women
were expected to stay at home. She was one of first women to be
accepted at the Academy of Art in Stockholm, and also trained in
Brussels and Paris. There is also a large donation of women’s
art by Stockholm collector Lilian Koch. The museum aims to make
the work of women artists visible and accessible and also has archives,
a library and holds seminars as well as coordinating the biennial
Anna Nordlander Prize for a Nordic woman artist.
In
the process of being established and currently part of a library
in Surahammar this organisation’s goal is to highlight the
role of women in the country towns of Bergslagen, the mining district
of Våstmanland, in central Sweden. Lectures and excursions
are also held, their foremost function being Bergslagen’s women’s
day, an annual event in mid summer.
This museum is in the process of being established by a non-profit
organisation known as Aurora or Association for a Museum of Women’s
History, coordinated by Ingela Schanberg, an economic historian
at the University of Lund. It is intended that the museum, based
in southern Sweden, will be built around one permanent exhibition
with temporary exhibitions and seminars on current topics.
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