Past Exhibitions

Massie, Herbert, Reflections of Sybby Grant, 2018. Museum purchase, 2023.

Herbert Massie

June 1, 2018–Sept. 13, 2026

Hackerman House at One West Mount Vernon Place, Carriage House
A view into galleries in the Hackerman House with the Sondheim 2026 Art Prize title wall in the foreground

The Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize Finalists Exhibition

June 25–Sept. 13, 2026

Hackerman House at One West Mount Vernon Place, Level 2
medieval illustration of a skeleton

Medieval Mindscapes

Feb. 25–Aug. 23, 2026

Centre Street Building, Level 3, Manuscript Gallery
Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture

Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture

Apr. 18–Aug. 9, 2026

Centre Street Building, Level 1, Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
teen photographers at the museum

Through Our Eyes: Teen Photographers

May 27–Aug. 2, 2026

One West Mount Vernon Place, Mezzanine
Duncanson, Robert Seldon, River Scene, 1868. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Eddie and Sylvia Brown Challenge Grant, and matching funds, for the acquisition of African American Art, 2012.

Selections from the North American Collection: People and Places

Jan. 13, 2024–June 28, 2026

Charles Street Building, Level 3, Silber Gallery
Zakariya, Mohamed, Entreaty, 2017. Museum purchase, 2022.

Mohamed Zakariya

Apr. 23, 2023–June 15, 2026

Centre Street Building, Level 4, Across Asia Galleries
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Tulip Folly, 1882. Gift of Mrs. Cyril W. Keene, 1983.

From Gérôme to Monet: Stories from the 19th-Century Collection

Feb. 7–May 31, 2026

Hackerman House at One West Mount Vernon Place, Level 2
teamLab, Cold Life, 2014. Gift of Richard Beleson and Kim Lam Beleson in honor of Joan and M. Glenn Vinson, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2015.34.

teamLab

Apr. 23, 2023–Apr. 30, 2026
Flanders, Prayer Book, late 15th-century. Acquired by Henry Walters.

Paws on Parchment

Aug. 6, 2025–Feb. 22, 2026
Ibis Coffin (Thoth). Possible place collected: Tuna el-Gebel Egypt. 305–30 B.C.E. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund. acc. no. 49.48a-b.

Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

Sept. 27, 2025–Jan. 11, 2026
vases

Objects of Curiosity: What Will We Discover?

Sept. 20, 2023–Oct. 5, 2025
Mors (detail), An Illustrated Manuscript Confessory for the Use of a Deaf Youth, Netherlandish, ca. 1819. Museum purchase, 2023.

If Books Could Kill

Dec. 18, 2024–Aug. 3, 2025
View of gallery with multiple pieces of artwork by Amanda Leigh Burnham

The Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize 2025 Finalists Exhibition

Apr. 19–July 20, 2025
Dish with Bean Imagery 2009.20.110

Selections from Art of the Ancient Americas

Feb. 28, 2023–Apr. 30, 2025
Jean-François Millet, The Sower, ca. 1865. Acquired by William T. Walters, 1884, acc. no. 37.905

Art and Process: Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptures from the 19th-Century Collection

Oct. 24, 2024–Mar. 9, 2025
Saints Cosmas and Damian, Patron Saints of Doctors, Almugavar Hours, Spain, ca. 1500. Bequest of Henry Walters, 1931. W.420, fol. 279r

Healing the Body, Healing the Soul: Methods of Therapy in Medieval Europe

June 20–Dec. 15, 2024
pair of vases

Reflect & Remix: Art Inspiring Artists

May 4–Sept. 8, 2024
Artwork by Sam Mack, 2024 Sondheim Art Prize winner

The Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize 2024 Finalists Exhibition

July 17–Sept. 8, 2024
Coulaux, Clothilde, Clothilde Missal, 1906. Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2016.

New on the Bookshelf: The Creative Power of Women

Dec. 13, 2023–June 16, 2024
title wall and installation of Stitched Memories exhibition

Stitched Memories: Celebrating Elizabeth Talford Scott

Feb. 7–May 12, 2024
detail of Folding Processional Icon in the Shape of a Fan, 36.9

Ethiopia at the Crossroads

Dec. 3, 2023–Mar. 3, 2024

Centre Street Building, First Floor
detail of colorful image with decorative border, shows a man reclining while a child reads.

New on the Bookshelf: Expanded Narratives

June 7–Dec. 7, 2023
Artwork by Abigail Lucien, winner of the Sondheim Art Prize 2023

The Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize 2023 Finalists Exhibition

July 19–Sept. 3, 2023