Baltimore Art Walk-In Tour

Posted by Suzanne Hill May 31, 2007

Attend a Gallery Walk-in Art Tour this weekend!

Walk-in Tour: Still-Life and Nature Paintings

Saturday, June 2, 2007, from 11:30am-12:30pm

An experienced Walters volunteer docent will give this weekend tour, which meets near the Members' Desk in the Centre Street lobby. The Saturday tour will include the docent’s choice of works from the permanent collection depicting nature and still life. The tour runs between 45 and 60 minutes.

Walk-in Tour: 19th-Century ArtSunday, June 3, 2007, from 2:00-3:00pm.

The Sunday tour will focus on the Nineteenth Century and show examples from Neoclassicism through Impressionism. The tour meets near the Members' Desk in the Centre Street lobby and will be led by an experienced Walters volunteer docent. The tour runs between 45 and 60 minutes.

The Walters Art Museum is located in Baltimore’s historic Mount Vernon Cultural District at North Charles and Centre Streets. Its permanent collection includes ancient art, medieval art, rare manuscripts, decorative objects, Asian art, and Old Master paintings. Every major trend in French painting during the 19th century is represented by one or more works in the Walters’ collection. Renovated galleries showcase works by Monet, Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Gérôme, Daumier, Delacroix and Corot, among others. -- www.thewalters.org