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Newseum, founded 1997 in Rosslyn, Virginia, moved to Washington in 2008, closed December 2019 and is currently seeking new location. [19] Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum, founded in 1975, closed 2004. [20] [21] Washington Gallery of Modern Art; USS Barry (DD-933), opened as a museum ship in 1984, closed in 2015 [22]
The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum is a future Smithsonian Institution museum dedicated to women's history, to be located in Washington, DC. The museum was established by Congress as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which became law on December 27, 2020. [1] Development of the museum is expected to take at least ...
Women's City Club of Washington, D.C. Y. Young Professionals in Foreign Policy This page was last edited on 18 July 2015, at 18:46 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Sulgrave Club is a private women's club located at 1801 Massachusetts Avenue NW on the east side of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. The clubhouse is the former Beaux-Arts mansion on Embassy Row built for Herbert and Martha Blow Wadsworth and designed by noted architect George Cary .
The National Women's History Museum was founded in 1996 by Karen Staser. [1] It currently curates in person and virtual exhibitions and provides resources for educators, students, and general audiences. NWHM dedicated resources since its inception to raise support and lobby Congress to fund a women’s history museum in Washington, DC.
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The Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium was formed in 1983 to help promote the Washington, D.C. museums that are not located on the National Mall.Most of the museums are located in the historic Dupont Circle and Kalorama neighborhoods near Embassy Row and the group has grown from its original seven museums in the 1980s [1] to its current total of nine.
[1] [2] The founding president was Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal Court of Washington, D.C., who was the first woman municipal judge in the United States. [1] [3] The club became a member of the Federation of Women's Clubs in 1920, and was the first local women's club with its own meeting house, based at 736 Jackson Place. [2] [4] [5]