Welcome to the
Hundred Heroines Museum

A contemporary gallery and living archive dedicated to women photographers.

We're on the move!
But only round the corner ...

From August 24: Unit 41a, Nailsworth Mills (access from Pensile Road)

We’re semi-open 11:00 – 16:00 Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays with limited displays from the archive.
From 4 September, some of our new permanent displays will be on show ahead of our full re-opening on Friday 11 September.

Stay tuned for details of our autumn programme and extended opening hours.

Featured Posts

Front PageHHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog
23rd August 2026

Hebe Barnard (1820-1872)

Hebe Barnard began her career painting miniatures. Took up photography and ran a portrait studio with her husband.
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15th August 2026

Joy Adamson – Artist

We’re delighted to have teamed up with the Elsa Conservation Trust for our latest exhibition in Mortimer Gardens – works by Joy Adamson.
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ExhibitionFeaturedFront PageMuseum Exhibition
30th July 2026

Stardust

EXHIBITION: PREVIEW of STARDUST, Friday September 11 2026; 18:00 – 21:00
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Front PageHHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog
15th June 2026

Dorothy Welding (1894-1954)

An Australian professional photographer known for her high society portraits taken in Sydney between 1931 and 1954.
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24th March 2026

Celine Laguarde

Celine Laguarde (1873 - 1961) was a French photographer and pioneer of the Pictorialist movement. Awarded Ordre des Palmes académiques.
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Front PageHHBLogHistorical Heroines
7th March 2026

Hannah Wilke

Hannah Wilke was a multidisciplinary artist, born to Hungarian Jewish parents in New York, 1940, growing up in the shadow of the holocaust.
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