National Museum of Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts, located in , is "the first in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts.
nmwa.org
+1 202 783 5000
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: noon—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: “NMWA”
  • Address: 1250 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20005

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and The Oval Office.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Government office
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is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the in Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing. is situated 2,500 feet southwest of National Museum of Women in the Arts.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 4,200 feet southwest of National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Neighborhood
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's is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Latitude
38.90003° or 38° 54′ 0″ north
Longitude
-77.02927° or 77° 1′ 45″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
87C4WX2C+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 367144504
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4139754
Wiki­data ID
Q861608
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“National Museum of Women in the Arts” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للمرأة في الفنون”
  • Armenian: “Կանայք արվեստում ազգային թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Կանացի արվեստի ազգային թանգարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “İncəsənətdə Qadınlar Milli Muzeyi”
  • Basque: “Emakume Artisten Museo Nazionala”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional de Dones Artistes”
  • Catalan: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Catalan: “NMWA”
  • Chinese: “国际女性艺术博物馆”
  • Chinese: “國際女性藝術博物館”
  • Czech: “Národní muzeum žen v umění”
  • Czech: “National Museum of Women in the Arts (Spojené státy americké)”
  • Danish: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Dutch: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للنساء فى الفنون”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Virinaj Artistoj”
  • French: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Galician: “Museo Nacional de Mulleres Artistas”
  • German: “National Museum of Women in the Arts (Spojené státy americké)”
  • German: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • German: “The National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי לנשים באמנויות”
  • Igbo: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Indonesian: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Italian: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Italian: “NMWA”
  • Japanese: “国立女性美術館”
  • Japanese: “国立女性芸術美術館”
  • Japanese: “女性芸術美術館”
  • Kannada: “ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಮ್ಯೂಸಿಯಂ ಆಫ್ ವುಮೆನ್ ಇನ್ ಆರ್ಟ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “국립 여성 예술가 미술관”
  • Macedonian: “Национален музеј на жените во уметноста”
  • Malayalam: “നാഷണൽ മ്യൂസിയം ഓഫ് വിമൻ ഇൻ ദ ആർസ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی زنان هنرمند”
  • Polish: “National Museum of Woman in the Arts”
  • Polish: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional das Mulheres nas Artes”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Mulheres Artistas”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Național al Femeilor în Artă”
  • Romanian: “National Museum of Women in the Arts (Spojené státy americké)”
  • Romanian: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Romanian: “NMWA”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей женского искусства”
  • Saraiki: “نیشنل میوزیم آف ویمن ان دی آرٹس”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Mujeres Artistas”
  • Spanish: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Spanish: “NMWA”
  • Swedish: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Swiss German: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Tamil: “கலைகளுக்கான பெண்களின் தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Tosk Albanian: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Turkish: “National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Kadın Sanatları Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “The National Museum of Women in the Arts”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей жінок у мистецтві”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей жіночого мистецтва”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل میوزیم آف ویمن ان دی آرٹس”
  • Western Armenian: “Կանացի Արուեստի Ազգային Թանգարան”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیشنل میوزیم آف ویمن ان دی آرٹس”

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