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National Museum of Women in the Arts

Year in Review 2025

Close-up view of ornate gold and crystal chandeliers in the museum's Great Hall. The camera is focused on the chandelier in the foreground and the rest is out of focus.

What’s Inside

  • Achievements from the recent fiscal year, including transformative milestones and bold presentations
  • Recent collection growth and exhibitions
  • Financial statements
  • Thanks to the extraordinary friends who supported our art, programs, and advocacy

Related Quote

As a working artist, I continue to draw inspiration from the fact that there is an institution that values art by women.”
NMWA Member
Three museum visitors observe works of art on the wall in a modern gallery. One wall is red and the other is white. One person takes a photo of a work of art with a cell phone.
“Uncanny” member preview day at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, February 26, 2025; Photo by Laura Hoffman for NMWA

FY25 Fun Facts

  • 58,702 people visited in FY25, marking a lively year. More than 13,000 people attended the museum’s Free Community Days.
  • More than 6,000 people attended thirty public programs featuring fifty artists and cultural innovators.
  • The most popular social media post of the year was an Instagram reel promoting the Museum Shop’s Mini Print Vending Machine, stocked with art by printmaker Ana Inciardi.
  • NMWA digitized more than one hundred personal letters to and from Frida Kahlo, part of the museum’s archival Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers, 1930–1954, making them available to the public.