Museum of Women's Resistance (MoWRe)

Museum of Women's Resistance (MoWRe) MoWRe's year-round exhibitions and programs include historical and contemporary objects, as well as commissioned art, sculptures, textiles, and pottery.

MoWRe promotes transnational and black feminist histories and traditions, with focus on women's demonstrated capacity to reach accross chasms of race, class, sexual identity, geography and relition to build resistance and social movements The Museum of Women's Resistance (MoWRe) examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of women of African descent and cultures over time in the realms

of family, work, community, nations and the natural environment. Video and sound stations provide selections from historical and contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics from the African continent as well as the African Diaspora. MoWRe has a special focus on promoting Transnational as well as Black Feminist histories and traditions, and is especially interested in promoting women's demonstrated capacity to reach across chasms of race, class, sexual orientation, geography, and religion to mount resistance and build movements for social justice.

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279 Empire Boulevard
New York, NY
11225

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

(347) 533-9102

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