Highlights
The Walters Art Museum features more than 28,000 works of art from ancient Egypt to 20th-century Europe. In 1931, Henry Walters (1848-1931) bequeathed his gallery and his collection of 22,000 pieces "for the benefit of the public." The Walters bequest is still considered among the greatest acts of cultural philanthropy in the nation's history. In 2000, the Walters Art Gallery changed its name to the Walters Art Museum to reflect its image as a large public institution. After being closed for three years to undergo a $24 million renovation, the Centre Street building reopened in 2001 with 39 reconfigured galleries, redesigned lobbies, a four-story glass entryway and other improvements. In 200...
The Walters Art Museum features more than 28,000 works of art from ancient Egypt to 20th-century Europe. In 1931, Henry Walters (1848-1931) bequeathed his gallery and his collection of 22,000 pieces "for the benefit of the public." The Walters bequest is still considered among the greatest acts of cultural philanthropy in the nation's history. In 2000, the Walters Art Gallery changed its name to the Walters Art Museum to reflect its image as a large public institution. After being closed for three years to undergo a $24 million renovation, the Centre Street building reopened in 2001 with 39 reconfigured galleries, redesigned lobbies, a four-story glass entryway and other improvements. In 2006, a grant allowed the Walters and the Baltimore Museum of Art to make their admission free. That move sparked the creation of Free Fall Baltimore, a series of no-charge performances held around the city. The Walters is located at 600 N. Charles St., in Baltimore's historic Mount Vernon Cultural District. The main entrance is on Centre Street near the corner of Centre and Cathedral streets.
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BGE head led building of Calvert Cliffs
George Vincent McGowan, the retired chief executive officer of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. whose civic roles included the chairmanship of the University of Maryland Board of Regents, died of heart failure Thursday at the Hospice of Queen Anne's County....Tags: Museum Dioramas, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Nuclear Power, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Death and Dying
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Aegean gala by Baltimore-Piraeus Sister City Committee
Special to The Baltimore SunWhat do you get when you combine the Walters Art Museum's new exhibition, "Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece," and the Baltimore-Piraeus Sister City Committee fundraiser on the night before Halloween? You get one heckuva Greek party. Guests...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Museum Dioramas, Halloween, Costumes (clothing)
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Walters Art Museum puts Islamic texts online for all
In a quiet, windowless room deep inside the Walters Art Museum, a digitization specialist places a 900-year-old Quran into the cradle of the Stokes Imaging System.
She turns a page, lowers a wedge to hold the book in place, and snaps a picture.
She...Tags: India, Colleges and Universities, Museum Dioramas, Awards and Prizes, University of Chicago
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'Glimpsed' at Ignite Baltimore
Special to The Baltimore SunCreative types are everywhere at Ignite Baltimore, an event that features speakers giving five-minute presentations on eclectic topics. As 250 folks gathered at the Walters Art Museum for the most recent Ignite Baltimore, we "Glimpsed" an artfully...Tags: Weddings, Federal Hill, Museum Dioramas, J. Crew, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Ignite Baltimore moves to larger venue
The fourth edition of Ignite Baltimore is scheduled for tonight at the Walters Art Museum, a new location for the growing Baltimore event that features speakers giving rapid-fire presentations on eclectic topics. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will...Tags: Museum Dioramas
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Free
IGNITE BALTIMORE #4: Brainiacs and other big thinkers are provided a five-minute forum to get their ideas across at the Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St. This month's topics include "Ramp it Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America," by Betsy Gordon,...Tags: Museum Dioramas
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Ignite Baltimore moves to larger venue for next event
The fourth edition of Ignite Baltimore is scheduled for Thursday night at the Walters Art Gallery, a new location for the growing event that features speakers giving rapid-fire presentations on eclectic topics. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will... -
Ready money
A few times a week, Lenwood M. Ivey leaves his small office on the ninth floor of the Equitable Building and strolls the two blocks to the city Finance Department to sign checks drawn up by a city clerk. As president of the Baltimore City Foundation, he...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Scott Peterson, Fires, Museum Dioramas, Martin O'Malley
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Walters Art Museum gala
All it took was a brief scan of the crowd at the Walters Art Museum gala to notice there was a little something different at this party. A bright red miter drifted amid a sea of bobbing bare heads. A set of enormous puffed velvet sleeves rubbed...Tags: Peter G. Angelos, Museum Dioramas, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Costumes (clothing), Major League Baseball
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New music flourishes in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun reporterHas Baltimore become a haven for new music? It sure looks that way. "I've always been optimistic about new music here," says Baltimore-born, Peabody-trained composer Judah Adashi, founder of the Evolution Contemporary Music Series. "I'd definitely say...Tags: Morton Feldman, Colleges and Universities, Museum Dioramas, Marin Alsop, Mount Royal
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Columbus Day closings
This schedule will be in effect Monday. Anne Arundel County offices: open Courts: closed Libraries: open Public schools: open Trash: regularpickup Annapolis City offices: open Courts: closed Transit: regular service Parking meters: feed...Tags: Museum Dioramas, Public Schools, National Aquarium Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Zoo Baltimore
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Six Grecian treasures join Walters exhibit
Talk about traveling first-class.
Four slabs of marble and two clay vases bound for Baltimore received exit visas issued by the Hellenic minister of culture himself. They were driven to the airport in Athens, Greece, in a truck with a suspension so...Tags: Greece, Museum Dioramas, Libraries and Museums, Nashville, Samsonite
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