National Museum of Women in the Arts

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Washington, D.C
2. What is the incorporation year?1981
3. When did the museum open?The museum was opened to the public in 1987 after being founded in 1981.
4. How many works are in the museum's collection?The museum has more than 6,000 works by over 1,000 women artists.

Canon: A collection of works considered to be the most important or influential in a particular field, often historically dominated by certain perspectives.
Patriarchal Structures: Systems of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
Marginalization: The treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral.