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USA
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Women’s History Reclamation Project
2323 Broadway
Suite 107
San Diego
CA 92102
Ph: +1 619 233 7963
Fax: +1 619 233 6327
Email: info@whrp.net
Website: www.whrp.net
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Currently
based in a suite in the Art Deco Art Union Building,
the organisation is intending to fund the construction
of a purpose built facility for their museum, library
and archives by 2004. |
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This
project aims “to educate and inspire present and future generations
about the contributions of women by preserving, sharing and integrating
their stories for a more complete understanding of history.”
Currently
in a shop front location accessible on 23rd Street, and perched
on Golden Hill, it is a 10-minute drive from downtown. The small
area contains exhibits, office and shop space as well as the Helen
Hawkins Memorial Library and Research Archive containing over 7000
volumes by and about women (some off site). The organisation is
also actively building a Children’s and Special Collections
(rare, antiquarian) library.
The WHRP develops 2-3 exhibits a year, usually coinciding with Women’s
History Month as well as a summer exhibit plus travelling exhibits
in the San Diego area. It also has an outreach program including
work in schools and the “Write Yourself into Women’s History”
essay contest.
Mary B Maschal and a group of other women who realised that women
were not included in mainstream history, founded the project in
1983. Beginning with an oral history project and the production
of the first issue of their newsletter “In Our Own Voice”,
the organisation was originally based at Mary’s house, moving
to the Art Union Building in 1996 and to its current suite 3 years
later. Their website was launched in 2001.
USA
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International Museum of Women
PO Box 642370
San Francisco
CA 94164-2370
Administrative offices: 1848 Pine Street, Pacific Heights
Ph: +1 415 775 1366
Fax: +1 415 775 6198
Email: info@imow.org
Website:
www.imow.org |
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Currently negotiations are taking place regarding the use of one
of the Piers on the waterfront, for this new major museum which
will celebrate and examine the role women have played in shaping
our world through the centuries. The project began life as the Women’s
Heritage Museum, a non-profit corporation founded in 1985 by Jeanne
Farr McDonnel, Anne Firth Murray and Jane Van Dusen, with downtown
offices in Market Street. For over 10 years it operated as a “museum
without walls” producing several exhibits, hosting public programs,
sponsoring an annual book fair, providing teacher resources for
Women’s History Month, honouring unknown women from local history
and recreating historic events. In 1997 Board began developing plans
for a major museum in San Francisco and the following year changed
its name with newly defined goals and objectives.
It
is envisaged that it will not be just a museum but a place where
women can gather for social and professional functions to share
and exchange ideas in an international forum. It will be equipped
with conference rooms, an auditorium and galleries designed to host
special events. Women scholars and activists from over 20 different
countries and 6 continents have helped develop an exhibit concept
document that will continue to evolve. It is scheduled to open in
2004.
Established in 1991, the Women of the West Museum – Her Place
in History - aims to “discover, explore and communicate the
continuing roles of women in shaping the American West”. The
early years were spent planning and fundraising for the construction
of a permanent building in Boulder. However since 1998 the organisation
changed focus following the launch of its innovative Virtual Museum.
It now has a more programmatic agenda offering online exhibits as
well as coordinating and developing traveling exhibitions, women’s
history trails, lecture series and other educational programs throughout
schools, libraries and community groups. A non profit organisation,
it is managed by a national Board of Trustees.
A non-profit organisation established in 1985 by a group of women
who were concerned by the lack of recognition of women’s achievements
in their State. Its mission is “to inspire by celebrating and
sharing the lifetime contributions of Colorado’s extraordinary
women”. It does not have a permanent building but loans out
the exhibit – 65 framed portraits of the inductees with a brief
biography - to community organisations and libraries, schools, art
galleries etc around the State. There is also an accompanying book
“Women of Consequence” which profiles the inductees from
1985-1999 and who played a vital part in the building of Colorado
and the West.
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