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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 Thompson Walters (May 23, 1820 – November 22, 1894) [1] was an American businessman and art collector, whose collection formed the basis of the Walters Art Museum. Early life and education [ edit ]
Byzantine Belt Buckle, gold, 6th-7th century. Found near Hama, Syria.Bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters, 1931. Henry Walters (September 26, 1848 – November 30, 1931) was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery (now the Walters Art Museum) in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public.
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Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Sappho and Alcaeus is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch-British artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema , from 1881. It is held by the Walters Art Museum , in Baltimore .
The museum – which saw 60,000 visitors in 2023 – covers more than 100 years of American sign history in an expanded 40,000-square-foot space. New wing doubles sign museum, extends its 'Main ...
In 1999, the Contemporary Museum moved to 100 W. Centre Street, one block from the Walters, in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of downtown Baltimore, where it organized exhibitions and related programming for nearly ten years. In 2011, the museum moved out of the W. Centre Street space and organized projects in neighboring institutions and buildings.