Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum located in the neighborhood of , . 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.
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Baltimore, Maryland, US
  • Also known as: “Musée d’Art Walters”, “The Walters Art Gallery”, “The Walters Art Museum”, “Walters Art Gallery”, “Walters Arts Museum”, “Художественный музей Уолтерс”, “متحف والترز للفنون”, “沃尔特艺术博物馆”, “沃爾斯藝術博物館”, “沃爾特斯美術館”, “沃爾特藝術博物館”, “沃特斯艺术博物馆”, “瓦爾特斯美術館”, “華爾特斯美術館”, “華特斯美術館”, and “華特斯藝術博物館”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: George Peabody Library and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Library
The at Johns Hopkins University, focuses on research into the 19th century. is situated 380 feet northeast of Walters Art Museum.

Church
Photo: Basilica1, Public domain.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption… is situated 770 feet south of Walters Art Museum.

Monument
The is the centerpiece… is situated 370 feet north of Walters Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Chinatown.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , Maryland…

Neighborhood
The U.S. city of , is home to a small .

is 's central business district and seat of the city government.

Walters Art Museum

Latitude
39.29657° or 39° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
-76.61611° or 76° 36′ 58″ west
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
87F579WM+JH
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Walters Art Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف والترز”
  • Armenian: “Ուոլթերսի արվեստի թանգարան”
  • Bashkir: “Уолтерс художество музейы”
  • Belarusian: “Мастацкі музей Уолтэрса”
  • Belarusian: “Мастацкі музэй Ўолтэрза”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Art Walters”
  • Catalan: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Chinese: “沃尔特斯美术馆”
  • Chinese: “沃尔特斯艺术博物馆”
  • Chinese: “沃爾特斯藝術博物館”
  • Chinese: “沃特斯藝術博物館”
  • Czech: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Czech: “Waltersovo muzeum umění”
  • Danish: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Dutch: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف والترز”
  • Esperanto: “Walters Art Museum”
  • French: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Georgian: “უოლტერსის ხელოვნების მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο τέχνης Ουόλτερς”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון וולטרס לאמנות”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Seni Walters”
  • Italian: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Japanese: “ウォルターズ美術館”
  • Korean: “월터스 미술관”
  • Macedonian: “Волтерсов ликовен музеј”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه هنر والترز”
  • Persian: “موزه هنری والترز”
  • Polish: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Walters”
  • Pushto: “والټر موزيم”
  • Pushto: “والټرز میوزیم”
  • Russian: “Художественный музей Уолтерса”
  • Slovenian: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo Walters”
  • Spanish: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Swedish: “Walters Art Museum”
  • Turkish: “Walters Sanat Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Художній музей Волтерс”

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Places to explore: Penn-Fallsway and Seton Hill.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Walters Art Museum and Gallery Grill.

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