The Walters Art Museum
is a public art museum founded in 1934, located in
Baltimore Maryland’s mount neighborhood. Stunning
collection can be seen in the museum, right from
3000 BC through 20th century. The museum collection
was made successful by two members, William Thompson
Walters who seriously collected and moved to Paris
at the outbreak of American civil war and Henry Walters
who refined the collection and rehoused it in palazzo
building in Charles Street. The collection includes
masterworks of ancient Egypt, Greek sculpture and
roman sarcophagi, medieval ivories, illuminated manuscripts,
renaissance bronzes, old master and 19th-century
paintings, Chinese ceramics and bronzes and Art Deco
jewelry.
From October 1, 2006 the Baltimore
museum of art and the Walters art museum started
offering free admission year around. A special
exhibition section has been devoted to rings.
Special Exhibits/Opening Hours
- Wednesday - Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Monday & Tuesday Closed
Closed on – Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day |
Walters Art Museum
| Established |
1934 |
| Location |
Mount Vernon Baltimore, Maryland |
| Type |
Art museum |
| Director |
Gary Vikan |
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