Abstract The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., in the United States, and the Museum of Women (Musée de la Femme) in Longueuil, Canada, were founded with the objective of making women visible in museum collections and promoting gender equality in society. Can they be considered feminist museums? Feminist museology is not limited to describing the past and the present; on the contrary, it raises questions and paves the way for an egalitarian future. A feminist museum aims to raise awareness and change mentalities. Despite their shared ambition of acting on behalf of women with the help of a museum, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Museum of Women reflect two different approaches. A comparison of these case studies sheds light on two different solutions for integrating gender into museums. How do these two museums fulfil their missions through their permanent collections and temporary exhibitions? How does a museum become a means for encouraging social change? Their collections raise awareness of women's history and offer new interpretations of objects. Both museums try to change the way visitors look at the past and contemporary society by offering different readings of history and art history. Despite their differences, both make visitors aware of gender inequality in museums and the world.

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国家女性艺术博物馆和女性博物馆：保护女性遗产和赋予女性权力

摘要 美国华盛顿特区国家女性艺术博物馆和加拿大隆格伊女性博物馆 (Musée de la Femme) 的成立旨在让女性在博物馆藏品中可见并促进性别平等。社会平等。它们可以被视为女权主义博物馆吗？女性主义博物馆学不仅限于描述过去和现在；相反，它提出了问题，并为平等主义的未来铺平了道路。女权主义博物馆旨在提高意识和改变心态。尽管他们都有在博物馆的帮助下代表女性行事的共同抱负，但国家女性艺术博物馆和女性博物馆反映了两种不同的方法。这些案例研究的比较揭示了将性别融入博物馆的两种不同解决方案。这两个博物馆如何通过永久收藏和临时展览来完成他们的使命？博物馆如何成为鼓励社会变革的手段？他们的系列提高了对女性历史的认识，并提供了对物品的新解释。两家博物馆都试图通过提供不同的历史和艺术史解读来改变游客看待过去和当代社会的方式。尽管存在差异，但两者都让参观者意识到博物馆和世界上的性别不平等。两家博物馆都试图通过提供不同的历史和艺术史解读来改变游客看待过去和当代社会的方式。尽管存在差异，但两者都让参观者意识到博物馆和世界上的性别不平等。两家博物馆都试图通过提供不同的历史和艺术史解读来改变游客看待过去和当代社会的方式。尽管存在差异，但两者都让参观者意识到博物馆和世界上的性别不平等。