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About The Walters Art Museum
This museum preserves a massive timeline of human creativity, housing thousands of years of art within its historic stone buildings. The collection is notable for its breadth, moving seamlessly from the ancient wonders of Egypt to the classical beauty of much later European eras.story_potoo
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Medieval Mindscapes looks closely at artistic strategies through 20 works from the Walters renowned collection of rare books and manuscripts. These books helped those that engaged with them to build a private devotional world by encouraging imaginative interaction with the open-ended scenes depicted in their personalized, portable manuscripts.
To commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s death, the Walters Art Museum will once again showcase The St. Francis Missal, a legendary 12th-century manuscript that is believed to be a relic of touch of St. Francis. Visitors will also experience over a dozen additional art objects that contextualize the book and explain its importance, including manuscripts; paintings; and works made of glass, ivory, and ceramic.
Experience the work of this year’s finalists—Thea Canlas, Leigh Davis, Brandon Donahue-Shipp, Curran Hatleberg, and Danni O’Brien—in an exhibition dedicated to their work at the Walters Art Museum. The Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize awards a $30,000 fellowship to assist in furthering the career of a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the greater Baltimore region.