Name/TitleTote bag: Kadin Eserleri Kutuphanesi ve Bilgi Merkezi Vakfi
About this objectTote bag from the Women's Museum Istanbul. One side is filled with a colourful image of seven women and a lion, signed "Belkis". The text on the other side, 'Kadin Eserleri Kutuphanesi ve Bilgi Merkezi Vakfi' translates loosely as 'Women's Works Library and Information Centre Foundation'.
MakerWomen's Museum Istanbul
Date Madec.2012-18
Period2010s
Place MadeTurkey, Istanbul
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, textile
MeasurementsH: 450 x W: 225 mm
H: 750 x W: 225 mm (including straps)
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association Keywordsfeminist spaces
Subject and Association Descriptionhttp://www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org/en:
"Inclusion" is an ideal as well as an organisational principle for the Women's Museum Istanbul. The museum's work is a contribution to creating an inclusive women's history of the city of Istanbul.
The museum, operating on a voluntary basis is the first museum of its kind to be established in Turkey and was opened on September 25, 2012 as a virtual museum with a website in Turkish, English, German and Italian.
Dedicated to the more than 2600 years of women's history in the city of Istanbul the aim of the museum is to provide a showcase for the history of women in Turkey, a history which was lost, obscured or disowned all too quickly by mainstream opinion, and to share this history as a counterpart to male-dominated historical writing, to create and encourage understanding and dialogue among the generations, genders and among the different cultural and ethnic groups of the city.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBag
Object numberGWL-2018-101-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved