The Feminist Institute

The Feminist Institute preserves and digitizes archival materials documenting feminist contributions to culture.

thefeministinstitute.org
The Feminist Institute homepage screenshot

About The Feminist Institute

The Feminist Institute preserves and digitizes archival materials documenting feminist contributions to culture, and publishes selections from those materials through a web-based digital archive. Records can be browsed by type, including people and organizations, places, historical events, collections, repositories, archived websites, ephemera, images, sounds and videos, alongside curated digital exhibitions.

Key features

  • Browse digitized records by type: ephemera, images, sounds, videos, archived websites
  • Search across people, organizations, places, historical events and repositories
  • View curated digital exhibitions, including A.I.R. Gallery chapters
  • Read blog posts about collection work and archival projects
  • See partner organizations such as the New York Public Library and A.I.R. Gallery
  • Listings for archive-related events, including one in New York City
Best for: Students, researchers and members of the public seeking digitized archival material on feminist contributions to culture.
Good for
  • Digitized records span ephemera, images, sounds, videos and archived websites
  • Curated digital exhibitions supplement individual archive records
  • Works with partner institutions including libraries, galleries and museums
Watch out for
  • The site presents digital archive selections, so full holdings may not be online
  • Content and interface are in English

The Feminist Institute at a glance

Type
Website
Pricing
Not confirmed. Check the site
Platforms
Web
Open source
Not stated
Language
English
Good for
Students
Last checked
Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
Listed
Oct 5, 2026

The Feminist Institute alternatives

Tools and sites you could use instead, ranked by how closely they match.

All 14 alternatives

CALASYS

ir.cala-web.org

CALASYS collects and shares library science and Chinese-culture resources created by Chinese-American librarians and related professionals.

BitArkivo

bitarkivo.org

Browse 930 digitized Esperanto periodicals in BitArkivo, a collaborative archive for preserving Esperanto culture.

The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland preserves and researches Swedish culture in Finland through its collections.

Houshamadyan

houshamadyan.org/home.html

Houshamadyan documents Armenian town and village life in the Ottoman period through maps, themes and archival material.

Popular in Academic Search

Well-known listings from the same topic.

All 331

The Feminist Institute FAQ

What kinds of materials are in the digital archive?
Records cover people and organizations, places, historical events, collections, repositories, archived websites, ephemera, images, sounds, videos and digital exhibitions.
Does The Feminist Institute host events?
The site lists upcoming events, such as the Activating the Archive: Michelle Handelman Capsule Collection Launch on Oct 28, 2026 at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York.
Which organizations does The Feminist Institute work with?
Listed partners include the New York Public Library, A.I.R. Gallery, Women's Studio Workshop, Global Fund for Women, Pen and Brush and The American LGBTQ+ Museum.
Is something wrong or out of date?

Tell us and an editor will check it.

Own this website?

Claim the listing and suggest updates yourself. An editor checks every claim first.

Claim this listing