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Thank you for your interest in the National Women’s History Museum. The National Women's History Museum is a non-collecting, virtual, "museum without walls." Please NOTE that we CANNOT accept any books, objects, or collections donations at this time.

Are you stuck in your historical research? Have you hit a wall in your genealogy quest? Find your answer on History Hub!

We invite you to explore History Hub, a pioneering crowdsourcing history and genealogy research community hosted by the National Archives and Records Administration and of which the National Women’s History Museum is a partner organization.

Free and open to anyone, you can ask questions and get answers from multiple sources, including National Women’s History Museum staff, National Archives staff, other archives, libraries, museums, and a community of genealogists, history enthusiasts, and citizen experts like you. Make History Hub your first stop!

Please see below for further contact information. 

• For questions about membership, please contact [email protected].
• For questions about sponsorship and donations, please contact [email protected].
• For education programming information, please contact [email protected].
• For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
• For general information, please contact [email protected].

Books, Objects, or Other Collections Donations:

Please NOTE that we CANNOT accept any books, objects, or collections donations at this time.

Museum Partnerships:
Please click here for more information about partnering with the Museum and to fill out our Museum partnership proposal form. 

Content and Publications Submissions:
We DO NOT currently accept unsolicited manuscripts, publications, articles, films/videos, or educational resources.

Image Requests:
NWHM does not keep photo archives and cannot transfer image usage permissions to a third party. Please check the photo credits listed for each photo of interest on the page where they’re found and contact the original source to inquire about permissions. Often times, the images come from public domain providers such as the National Archives and Records Administration or Library of Congress.
 

Information For Students: 

Please be sure to provide an email address at which we can contact you. Many school email servers will not allow emails from outside domains. Ask a parent/guardian before contacting the Museum.

If you are a student contacting the Museum regarding your National History Day project, please be advised that we are not permitted to provide interviews per the National History Day Participant Handbook, which reads:

Rulebook, Page 10 Text: 
"You may be tempted to interview a professional historian about your topic. Do not. Your job as a researcher is to read that historian’s work. Historians generally do not interview other historians. Instead, consider using or conducting an oral history, if possible. Learn more at nhd.org/guidelines-conducting-interviews." 

Additionally, we cannot provide printed materials, but the works cited sections from the sources on the Museum's webpage can often direct you to other resources to further aid you. Please also consider contacting our colleagues at the Maryland Women's Heritage Center and Museum, the Women's Museum of California, or the National Women's History Alliance for additional support during peak times.