Attention bibliophiles and antiquarians: did you know that some old manuscripts are downright deadly? In modern society, it’s entirely safe to browse through books, but for centuries, flipping through ...
My third-year fellowship has been spent at the third oldest conservation lab in the United States (90 years old!!) at The Walters Art Museum, located in Baltimore, MD. My supervisors in the Objects ...
Who knew the Virgin Mary had a soft spot for artists? And yet, the Mother of God intervened at least once to protect a paint-spattered reprobate, if a 17th-century Ethiopian hymnal chronicling the ...
BALTIMORE, Maryland — Dark-eyed saints and apostles parade across a long stitched goatskin in robes of red, yellow, green, and blue. These holy figures are paired in conversation across accordion ...
In A Mood, back for its second year, is a night of community, exploration, and celebration, with a focus on experiencing the museum in a new way. The summer fundraiser transforms the museum into a ...
DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...
More than two years after announcing plans to organize, workers at the Walters Art Museum finally have a labor union. During an election Thursday, the employees voted 60 to 5 to organize under the ...
Julia Alexander, who wrapped up her 11-year tenure last fall as the first female director of the Walters Art Museum, died Sunday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center after suffering a heart attack.
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The Walters Art Museum is not subject to the Maryland Public Information Act, counsel for trustees of the museum argued before the state’s high court on Monday. Steven Klepper, counsel for the ...
When Ira Aldridge took the London stage in 1825, he became the first black actor to portray Shakespeare's Othello. Pietro Calvi, “Othello” (modeled 1868; this version executed 1873), marble and bronze ...
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