fascinating - courageous - effective - women's museum wiesbaden 1984 to today
To mark the 40th anniversary of the frauen museum wiesbaden, the exhibition "fascinating - courageous - effective - frauen museum wiesbaden 1984 to today" is showing 40 objects from 40 years of collecting until June 29.
In the exhibition, visitors can discover 40 objects from the museum's 40 years of collecting. The exhibits in the show shed light on exhibitions and projects as well as on the basic research that the frauen museum wiesbaden conducts with regard to the past, present and future. In this way, they also provide an insight into the history(ies) of the frauen museum wiesbaden. Over the course of the exhibition, a changing "exhibition in motion" is created.
Review
On November 7, 1984, the frauen museum wiesbaden opened with the exhibition Leben in Bewegung - Frauen in Wiesbaden 1850 bis heute (Life on the Move - Women in Wiesbaden 1850 to the Present), which focused on the everyday lives of women over several generations and thus made history. Many hundreds of exhibitions followed and with them an extraordinary collection.
At the heart of the frauen museum wiesbaden is the archaeological collection, the foundations of which were laid in the early years: The fmw gained international renown with the exhibition Stone Age - Women's Times from 1986 and the subsequent exhibition The Language of the Goddess in 1993 on representations of women and goddesses since the Palaeolithic Age. In many areas, the frauen museum wiesbaden was a pioneer and taboo-breaker, be it on topics such as breast cancer, menstruation, care work or women's soccer. Previously unknown Wiesbaden city history was discovered and renowned artists were presented, and many of the issues raised are still virulent today.