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Accounting:
The Accounting Department tracks expenses, donations, retail income, etc. on an automated accounting system that includes accounts payable, accounts receivable, and all general ledger information. It provides the financial information necessary for management and planning.

Administration:
The museum's Administration develops long-range plans and policies, formulates and tracks the budget and museum finances, administers personnel, and ensures the day-to-day operations of NMWA. In these capacities, it interacts with all museum departments and the Board of Trustees.

Office of the Director: The director is responsible for the museum's planning, management, finance, and administration. Office of the Founder: The museum's founder serves as chair of the Board of Trustees. The chair works locally, nationally, and internationally to cultivate a broad range of support for the museum and its programs.

Communications and Marketing:
The Communications and Marketing Department generates visibility for the museum by promoting stories about exhibitions and other events and activities in the local, national, and international media. It also purchases advertising; creates promotional opportunities; and works with other departments to market their programs.

Curatorial:
The Curatorial Department oversees, documents, and interprets the museum's permanent collection. It also develops historical and contemporary exhibitions, as well as companion catalogues.

Development:
The Development Department solicits new individual donors, foundation gifts, and corporate memberships. Research, cultivating contacts, and grant writing help realize these goals. The department also coordinates the museum's annual gala and benefit.

Education:
The Education Department presents public programs, lectures, workshops, and tours for adult and youth audiences throughout the D.C. community. The department also develops and writes educational materials and provides volunteer, docent, and intern programs.

Exhibition Design and Production:
The Exhibition Design and Production Department designs, produces, and installs all exhibitions. It is also responsible for contracting and supervising skilled craftspeople hired for individual exhibitions.

Information Technology:
The IT Department functions as the "Help Desk" and in-house consultant for NMWA computer and telephone issues. The computer system consists of state-of-the-art server and workstation software wherever possible. The computer hardware is a mix of current and older PCs with high-speed Internet access and an in-house local area network.

Library and Research Center:
The Library and Research Center collects, preserves, and provides information on women artists of all periods and nationalities; exhibits book-related arts; and promotes and helps with research projects related to women artists.

Member Services:
The Member Services Department cultivates, acquires, and retains museum members on a national level. It generates much of the museum's revenue using a variety of membership industry tools, including direct mail and telemarketing, as well as the museum's web site and magazine. The staff and volunteers also review and edit text for a wide variety of mailings and reports covering the performance of all fundraising tools used in member development.

National Programs:
The National Programs Department establishes state committees, which promote the mission of the museum on a local level. The department serves as a liaison between the museum and these committees and informs the general public about them. National Programs also administers the National Advisory Board, informing members about museum programs and facilitating their biannual meetings.

Publications:
The Publications Department develops, writes, edits, and produces Women in the Arts, the museum's quarterly magazine, which contains articles on the arts and coverage of museum news and events. It develops book proposals; edits manuscripts submitted for exhibition catalogues and brochures; manages the production of catalogues, brochures, and other printed material; selects and works with writers, designers, printers, and publishers; expands the distribution of NMWA's publications to the trade and university markets; and arranges permissions to reproduce images of the permanent collection.

Registrar:
The registrar cares for and maintains works of art by making condition reports, cataloging the collection, arranging transportation, and coordinating conservation activities. The department establishes and maintains records for all exhibitions and all lenders, donors and borrowers of works of art; and tracks insurance policy fluctuations.

Retail Operations:
Retail Operations is responsible for the daily operation of the Museum Shop and mail order. The department also does research, buying, and development of all products related to the permanent collection and upcoming temporary exhibits.

Special Events:
The Special Events Department administers the museum's program of facility rental and exhibition openings. In this capacity, it works closely with a variety of organizations and individuals outside the museum, as well as all departments within the museum.

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