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The Walters Research Forum

The Walters Research Forum seeks to foster a congenial setting for sharing new scholarship in art history, conservation, and museum studies. It welcomes proposals for topics relevant to the work of Walters curators, conservators, and fellows. Its format is flexible, including round table discussions and seminars with invited participants from area museums and universities, as well as more conventional lecture-style presentations by Walters curators, conservators, or fellows, or by invited outside specialists. The Walters Research Forum also includes scholarly symposia organized in conjunction with special exhibitions and projects.

Academic Outreach

The Walters Research Forum collaborates with a select number of prestigious academic institutions to promote the results of its research. Partnership with the Program in Museums and Society at the Johns Hopkins University provides undergraduate students with hands-on experience in the development of exhibitions and the display of works of art in a museum setting. Classes are held annually at the museum in the history of the book in association with Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.

Members of The Walters Research Forum

• Carmen Albandea, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Paintings Conservation Laboratory
• Martina Bagnoli, Associate Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books
• Gillian Cook, Assistant Painting Conservator
• Meg Craft, Senior Object Conservator
• Terry Drayman-Weisser, Head of Conservation
• Karen French, Senior Painting Conservator
• Kathryn B. Gerry, Andrew W. Mellon post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Medieval Art
• Eric Gordon, Head of Painting Conservation
• Lynley A. Herbert, Carol Bates Pre-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books
• William R. Johnston, Curator Emeritus of 18th and 19th Century Art
• Amy Landau, Associate Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books
• Julie Lauffenburger, Senior object conservator
• Robert Mintz, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art
• William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books
• Elissa O'laughlin, Senior Paper Conservator
• Riccardo Pizzinato, Zanvyl Krieger Pre-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books
• Abigail Quandt, Head of Book and Paper Conservation
• Regine Schulz, Curator of Ancient Art
• Joaneath Spicer, Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art
• Gary Vikan, Director
• Alicia Weisberg-Roberts, Assistant Curator of 18th and 19th Century Art

Affiliate Members

• Elizabeth Rodini, Associate Director, Program in Museums and Society Senior Lecturer, History of Art Department, The Johns Hopkins University