NMWA will reopen to the public on Saturday, October 21. Director Susan Fisher Sterling details exciting plans for the collection galleries and special exhibitions.

As the museum embarks on a new, comprehensive digital strategy, learn more about our efforts to increase online accessibility and engagement.

NMWA honored renowned Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942) with the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts.

An eleven-month project in collaboration with the creative agency Purple Rock Scissors, the new website features simplified, intuitive navigation and a contemporary design that places the museum’s art, artists, and...

As the first major monograph on the feminist artist Judy Chicago in nearly 20 years, Judy Chicago: New Views provides fresh perspectives by leading scholars and curators.

This year, over 750 cultural institutions and 8,000 individuals from 38 countries participated in our #5WomenArtists campaign, both on social media and with actionable pledges.

The Contour of Feeling marks the most ambitious von Rydingsvard exhibition to date in the United States and her first solo exhibition in Washington, D.C. Featuring 26 sculptures, a wall...

From Monday, December 17, through Friday, December 28, NMWA’s third-floor galleries will be closed to the public for a major reinstallation of art from the collection.

The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch series, Heavy Metal showcases the ways that women artists have creatively carried this medium into the contemporary era, and how their works...

Learn about works by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva as part of the "Month of Portugal in the United States" (June 2018).