What if the most comprehensive
women’s history museum wasn’t
housed in an institution...
What if the most comprehensive
women’s history museum wasn’t
housed in an institution...
What if the most comprehensive women’s history museum wasn’t
housed in an institution...
...but on front lawns, sidewalks,
and street corners all
around the world.
...but on front lawns, sidewalks,
and street corners all
around the world.
...but on front lawns, sidewalks, and street corners all around the world.
The Women's Freedom Museum is
a distributed public museum launching
in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
The Women's Freedom Museum is a distributed public museum launching
in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
Starting with 20 women whose stories shaped history
& 20 artists who made them impossible to ignore.
Opening March 2027
The Women's Freedom Museum is a distributed
public museum launching
in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
Starting with 20 women whose stories
shaped history & 20 artists who made
them impossible to ignore.
Opening March 2027
Making it real
Making it real
Thank you to Kelly Cummings Snyder who took an unfinished deck to the mayor and single-handedly forced this museum into existence, Hilary Spittle who has been there for every question, every obstacle and every grant application, Audrey Gray who opened the door to the art community, Hazel Avery who made sure the website felt like the museum it's describing, Karen Hazlehurst who made sure the town knew it was coming, Peter Sommers who made the exhibit cases museum worthy, and Judy Carnick and Jan Weiland who gathered people around tables and made them believers.
And to the many hands that touched this along the way - thank you all.
Thank you -
Kelly Cummings Snyder,
Audrey Gray, Judy Carnick,
Karin Hazel-hurst,
Peter Sommers, Jan Weiland
Our Supporters and Sponsors
The only way women’s history can make up for lost time is for people to invest in it.
We are forever grateful to those people and organizations.
Grant Support
Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage (MACH)
Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage (MACH)
Manitou Springs Womens Club
Manitou Springs Womens Club
Manitou Springs Community Foundation
In collaboration with community partners Skip and Joanie Mooney,
Ann Nichols and Ken and SandyJaray
Sponsors
Donors
Chris and Katherine Cummings
Buddie Morrison
Alice Barnett
Join the Movement.
Join the Movement.
Join the Movement.
This museum exists because people showed up.
Artists, donors, neighbors, believers. Sponsor it. Support it.
Spread it. Or just be the first to know when it opens.
However you show up, you're part of it.
This museum exists because people showed up. Artists, donors, neighbors, believers. Sponsor it. Support it. Spread it. Or just be the first to know when it opens. However you show up,
you're part of it.
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