North America · United States
The Walters Art Museum
A free art museum in Baltimore with 36,000 objects covering 55 centuries, from ancient Egypt and Greece to medieval manuscripts and Impressionist paintings.
History of the museum
Henry Walters inherited a collection from his father, a railroad and banking tycoon, and added to it. When he died in 1931 he left it to the city of Baltimore, and the museum opened in 1934. It is free to enter.
