Works from more than 200 African states and societies, in a range of media, from headdresses, masks, textiles, and paintings to jewelry, ceremonial weapons, works on paper, and pottery.
More than 1,000 objects from China, Japan, India, Tibet, Southeast Asia, and the Near East with a focus on Chinese ceramics.
Modern art masterpieces including the internationally renowned Cone Collection from Baltimore sisters Claribel and Etta Cone. In the early 20th century, the Cone sisters visited the Paris studios of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and began amassing a collection of approximately 3,000 objects, including over 600 works by Matisse, which were displayed in their Baltimore apartments prior to coming to the Museum.
Twenty-eight mosaic pavements from Antioch on view that tell the story of this ancient city prior to its destruction by catastrophic earthquakes in 526 and 528 A.D.
Works representing 56 artistic traditions from the Ancient Americas, including the widely recognized Aztec and Maya of Mesoamerica, Nasca and Moche of Andean South America, and Nicoya and Atlantic Watershed of Costa Rica.
A collection of over 1,000 artworks from Native North America that includes highlights such as Plains beadwork, Arctic carved ivories, Navajo textiles, and world-renowned fiber arts from the Washoe, Akimel O’odham (Pima), Apache, and Pomo tribes.
An encyclopedic collection of Oceanic artworks, ranging from Hawaiian jewelry to masks from today’s Papua New Guinea.
American paintings, sculptures, silver, and decorative arts dating from the colonial era to the present day, including regional holdings and outstanding examples of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s works.
Coptic textiles, Baltimore Album Quilts, and 18^th-20^th century printed textiles.
A collection of 15th-through 19th-century European art that includes masterworks of northern European and French art, and Medieval and Renaissance works.
The Woodward Collection of British sporting art featuring 52 paintings of horses and racing scenes, as well as silver and gold racing trophies. For more than 40 years, William Woodward owned one of the nation’s most successful breeding and racing stables, which were located in Maryland.

Circus Performers

Circus Performers