Walters Art Museum
Baltimore · founded 1934
The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters. William Walters began collecting when he moved to Paris as a nominal Confederate loyalist at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, and Henry Walters refined the collection and made arrangements for the construction what ultimately was Walters Art Museum.
- Founded
- 1934Founded
What to see
Archimedes Palimpsest
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Photo by The Walters Museum, CC BY 3.0
Springtime
Claude Monet, 1872.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Death of Caesar
Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Sappho and Alcaeus
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Gatchina Palace
Michael Perkhin, 1901.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Rose Trellis
Henrik Wigström, 1907.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on thewalters.org before you travel.
Getting there
600 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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