Walters Art Museum
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The Walters Art Museum, located in Baltimore, Maryland's Mount Vernon neighborhood, is one of the finest small privately-formed art collections open to the public in the United States. The Museum's collection was amassed substantially by two men, William Thompson Walters ( -1894), who began serious collecting when he moved to Paris at the outbreak of the American Civil War and Henry Walters (1848-1931), who refined the collection, and rehoused it in a palazzo. The Walters Gallery opened to the public on Wednesdays in April and May, in 1875. The collection touches 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.
In the fall of 2001, the Walters reopened its largest building after a dramatic three-year renovation. The Walters Art Museum is where the Archimedes Palimpsest may be seen.
Starting Sunday, October 1st, 2006, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum began having totally free admission year-round as a result of grants given by Baltimore City and Baltimore County. [1]
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- ^ FREE ADMISSION AT BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART AND WALTERS ART MUSEUM BEGINS OCTOBER 1. Groundbreaking cooperation and financial support from Baltimore City and Baltimore County provides greater public access to world-class art. Retrieved on September 23, 2006.
