Current Exhibitions
Explore a variety of exhibitions featuring works of art from the Walters' permanent collection and from museums throughout the world.
- Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books from The Walters’ Collection
- July 31, 2010 - October 10, 2010
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM - This focus show unearths treasures of illustration hidden in the permanent collection of the Walters Art Museum. Featuring preparatory drawings for Gustave Doré’s Bible and Paul Gavarni’s lively sketches of the London underworld, the exhibition explores the variety of ways in which 19th-century artists approached the art of illustration.
- Checkmate! Medieval People at Play
- July 17, 2010 - October 10, 2010
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM - Neither stodgy nor perpetually pious, medieval people found time for amusement in the margins of their lives and their manuscripts. From peasant boys shirking their winter duties in order to lob snowballs at each other to monkeys gleefully dancing to "Ring around the Rosie," their antics have come down to us in art.
- Mummified
- November 15, 2008 - November 08, 2010
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM - Discover the ancient secrets of the Walters' mummy, as revealed through the techniques of virtual autopsy. This focus show will feature approximately 20 ancient Egyptian objects depicting images of mummified people, animals, and deities. A section of the installation will focus on the "Mummimania" of the 17th-20th centuries.
