Where Are the Women? — Google Arts & Culture

From forgotten pioneers to iconic trailblazers, celebrate women in arts and culture

In collaboration with

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Women's Forum Street Art Project

National Women’s History Museum

Museo Frida Kahlo

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum

and 67 more collections

"Women have typically been written out of history and out of the story of the world across millennia."

- Bettany Hughes, Historian and Author

Putting women back in the picture

10 Trailblazers Forgotten From History

From the woman who discovered DNA to history’s most successful pirate

More extraordinary women Discover artworks by women Spotlighting women's stories Watch women in action

Celebrate women's contributions to...

History

Shaping our world to inspire our future

Art

Pioneering creativity across crafts

Science

From the natural world to outer space

Community

Building connections through culture

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Written out of the history books

7 Trailblazing Transgender Women

From Stonewall to the Grand Prix

Pioneering Queer Women

Discover their stories

Women Making History

See the whole collection on women history-makers

Not just your muse

Enter a brand new virtual exhibition of women's art

Can you name 5 women artists?

Bring art to life

Turn Yourself Into Frida Kahlo

Play with Art Filter

Add a Yayoi Kusama Filter to Your Photos

Play with Art Transfer

Hang a Georgia O'Keeffe at Home

Play with Art Projector

Women & Art

See the whole collection on women and creativity

STEM: it's a woman's world

Discover overlooked scientific pioneers

How the Smithsonian Used AI to Recover Women's History

Spotlighting women in...

Science

Filling in the gaps of history

Natural History

5 pioneers you might not have heard of

Environmentalism

10 women leading the fight

Healthcare

Changing the health sector around the world

Women Changing STEM

See the whole collection on women in STEM

Building matriarchal societies

The Sea Women of South Korea

Meet the all-female divers

Wisdom of the Khasi Women

Discover their matrilineal traditions

Women Creating Communities

See the whole collection on women's communities

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