Overview
- Museum officials confirmed the seven-figure donation but did not disclose the exact amount.
- The funds are designated for new storytelling projects and digital programming reaching classrooms, homes, and everyday platforms.
- The National Women’s History Museum created the Meryl Streep Educator Award, with the inaugural honoree to be named at its Women Making History Awards Gala in November.
- Streep, described by the museum as an early and steadfast supporter, said she wants future generations to inherit a history that is truthful and complete.
- The digital-first, nomadic museum helped spur the bipartisan process that established the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum in 2020, as lawmakers now debate its National Mall site and, per the Congressional Equality Caucus, an attempted anti-transgender provision in related legislation.