Lectures, Talks & Classes at the Museum
The Walters Art Museum offers a wide variety of ways to talk about art and ideas, through our free and ticketed lectures, seminars, talks and classes.
We offer many other events for adults at the museum. For a complete, printable list of them all, download the public programs brochure (PDF). To see every event at the museum, including exhibitions, family programs and more, browse the online calendar of events.
You can register online to attend these events or call to register by phone at (410) 547-9000, ext. 238. You can also e-mail us at adultprograms@thewalters.org.
Thank you for your support!
Upcoming Events

- Conservation Window: Watercolors
- Friday, June 08, 2012
12:30 PM–04:30 PM - Talk with a Books and Paper Conservator about techniques and tools used to conserve beautiful watercolors by W.T. Richards.

- Conservation Window: Watercolors
- Saturday, June 09, 2012
12:30 PM–04:30 PM - Talk with a Books and Paper Conservator about techniques and tools used to conserve beautiful watercolors by W.T. Richards.

- Conservation Window: Cool Science Applied to Art
- Friday, June 15, 2012
12:30 PM–04:30 PM - Talk with the Walter’s Art Museum’s Conservation Scientist and learn how science is integrated into art analysis. Find out how conservators decide whether an object is authentic or a forgery.

- Conservation Window: Art of Ancient Americas
- Saturday, June 16, 2012
12:30 PM–04:30 PM - Talk with an Objects Conservator about techniques and tools used to conserve archeological ceramics from the Art of the Ancient Americas collection.

- Conservation Window: Art of Ancient Americas
- Sunday, June 17, 2012
12:30 PM–04:00 PM - Talk with an Objects Conservator about techniques and tools used to conserve archeological ceramics from the Art of the Ancient Americas collection.
- Walk-In Tour: Celebrating Men in Art
- Sunday, June 17, 2012
01:00 PM–02:00 PM - This is one of the weekly walk-in tours. On Sundays and selected Saturdays, the Walters offers docent-led tours of a different part of the collection. No reservations are required. Just walk in.

- Conservation Window: Manuscript Conservation
- Friday, June 22, 2012
12:30 PM–04:00 PM - Talk with a Books and Paper Conservator about techniques and tools used to conserve manuscripts for the upcoming focus show “Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World.”

- Conservation Window: Art of Ancient Americas
- Friday, June 29, 2012
12:30 PM–04:00 PM - Talk with an Objects Conservator about techniques and tools used to conserve archeological ceramics from the Art of the Ancient Americas collection.
- Walk-In Tour: Italian Paintings
- Sunday, July 08, 2012
01:00 PM–02:00 PM - This is one of the weekly walk-in tours. On Sundays and selected Saturdays, the Walters offers docent-led tours of a different part of the collection. No reservations are required. Just walk in.
- Walk-In Tour: Vive La France! French Art
- Sunday, July 15, 2012
01:00 PM–02:00 PM - This is one of the weekly walk-in tours. On Sundays and selected Saturdays, the Walters offers docent-led tours of a different part of the collection. No reservations are required. Just walk in.
- Walk-In Tour: East Meets West, Asian and European Art
- Sunday, July 22, 2012
01:00 PM–02:00 PM - This is one of the weekly walk-in tours. On Sundays and selected Saturdays, the Walters offers docent-led tours of a different part of the collection. No reservations are required. Just walk in.
- Walk-In Tour: Art of the Ancient World
- Sunday, August 05, 2012
01:00 PM–02:00 PM - This is one of the weekly walk-in tours. On Sundays and selected Saturdays, the Walters offers docent-led tours of a different part of the collection. No reservations are required. Just walk in.
- Walk-In Tour: Medieval Art
- Sunday, August 26, 2012
01:00 PM–02:00 PM - This is one of the weekly walk-in tours. On Sundays and selected Saturdays, the Walters offers docent-led tours of a different part of the collection. No reservations are required. Just walk in.