Year in Review 2024

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 as the museum celebrated reopening from a major building renovation
  • Recent collection growth and exhibitions
  • Financial statements
  • Thanks to the extraordinary friends who supported our Space to Soar capital campaign and ongoing mission-related work
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Related Quote

Even for a correspondent with a keen interest in feminist art history, NMWA’s inaugural shows are a revelation.”
Sarah Cascone for artnet
A modern museum gallery is photographed at a wide angle. Visitors observe large sculptures, several of which hang from the ceiling.
The Sky’s the Limit (installation view); Photo by Jennifer Hughes for NMWA

FY24 Fun Facts

  • NMWA’s reopening garnered press coverage by more than 350 outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, People, and special segments on PBS NewsHour, CBS Sunday Morning, and NPR.
  • 56,755 people visited the museum between October 2023 and June 2024, a 101% increase from before the COVID-19 pandemic and renovation.
  • Visitors used a new touchscreen table in the collection galleries to discover connections between artworks more than 15,000 times.
  • Who is…Leon Trotsky? NMWA’s Frida Kahlo painting, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky (1937), was the subject of a question on Jeopardy! in June 2024.