Baltimore Visitor Guide Fall/Winter 2021-2022 | Page 70

Baltimore Museum of Art
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ART HISTORY
Dive into art history at the Baltimore Museum of Art, which houses an internationally renowned collection of 19th-century, modern and contemporary art, including the largest holding of works by Matisse in the world. The collection at the Walters Art Museum features ancient Asian art and 19th-century European art from masters including Manet, Millet, Monet and Rousseau. Both museums are free to the public.
Visionary artist Devon Smith’ s World’ s First Family of Robots exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum
FUNKY FOLK ART & MODERN MURALS
Leave your traditional perceptions of museums behind when you visit the American Visionary Art Museum, which exclusively features“ outsider” art, or that of self-taught artists. Throughout the city, murals create an outdoor public museum; more than Cylburn Arboretum 250 were commissioned as part of the Baltimore Mural Program. And at
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Graffiti Alley in Station North, there isn’ t a single THE GREAT OUTDOORS brick that isn’ t covered Get back to nature by with color, as artists are exploring more than 3.5 welcome to continually tag miles of woodland trails the ever-changing gwalls. at Cylburn Arboretum, a city park with azaleas, boxwoods, Japanese maples, magnolias, Maryland oaks and more. Take a hike on your own or register for a YOGAhike, which combines vigorous hiking and off-the- mat yoga.
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THE GREAT INDOORS
Find the latest addition to your houseplant collection at B. Willow in Remington, which specializes in tropicals, succulents, cacti and air plants. The shop also hosts a variety of plantcare workshops where you can learn the basics of indoor gardening or how to build terrariums or mount tropical plants on wood.
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