National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is the only museum solely dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women in the visual, performing and literary arts. Founded as a private, not-for-profit organization by Wilhelmina Cole Holladay in 1981 and opened in 1987, the museum honors women artists of the past, promotes the accomplishments of women artists of the present, and assures the place of women artists in the future. The collection features more than 4,800 works from the 16th-century to the present created by more than 1,000 artists, including Lavinia Fontana, Alma Thomas, Louise Nevelson, Lilla Cabot Perry and Frida Kahlo, along with special collections of 18th century botanical prints, works by British and Irish women silversmiths from the 17th_19th centuries, and more than 1,000 artistsÍ books. Highlights from the collection include paintings by Elisabetta Sirani, Berthe Morisot and Suzanne Valadon; sculpture by Dorothy Dehner, Barbara Hepworth and Chakaia Booker; drawings by Elisabeth-Louise Vig_e-Lebrun, Mary Cassatt and Dottie Attie; and photographs by Gertrude K_sebier, Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Joyce Tenneson. The museum maintains a publicly accessible Library and Research Center (LRC), the foremost repository of information on art by women. Open Monday_Saturday, 10 a.m._5 p.m. and Sunday, noon_5 p.m. For information, call 202-783-5000 or visit the museumÍs website at http://nmwa.org.