Knowledge to know: both the Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art are free to the public.
Galleries
Area 405
405 E. Oliver Street
(Station North)
Alternative exhibition space that produces, presents, and promotes arts and cultural programming.
Baltimore Clayworks
410.578.1919 | www.baltimoreclayworks.org
5707 Smith Avenue
(Mount Washington)
Features functional and sculptural ceramics, traveling exhibitions by national and international artists, and work by Clayworks' resident artists and students.
C. Grimaldis Gallery
410.539.1080 | www.cgrimaldisgallery.com
523 N. Charles Street
(Mount Vernon)
Craig Flinner Gallery
410.235.7655
859 W. 36th St.
(Hampden)
Antique prints, maps, and vintage French posters. Custom framing available.
Creative Alliance at the Patterson
410.276.1651 | www.creativealliance.org
3134 Eastern Avenue
(Highlandtown)
Sponsors exhibitions, lectures, performances, and community-based art programs.
Goya Contemporary
410.366.2001 | www.goyacontemporary.com
3000 Chestnut Avenue, Studio 214
(Hampden)
A full-service printmaking atelier and contemporary art gallery. Printers collaborate with artists to create intaglio and lithographs.
Maryland Art Place (MAP)
410.962.8565 | www.mdartplace.org
218 W. Saratoga St.
(Downtown)
Shows the work of emerging regional artists and performers. Sponsoring the 14 Karat Cabaret at their old location, 218 W. Saratoga Street.
School 33 Art Center
443.263.4350 | www.school33.org
1427 Light Street
(Federal Hill)
Features emerging and alternative art and artists.
Museums
American Visionary Art Museum
410.244.1900 | www.avam.org
800 Key Highway
(Inner Harbor)
Nation's only museum devoted to the work of untrained "outsider" artists. Definitely worth a visit. $7 with student ID.
Baltimore Museum of Art
443.573.1700 | www.artbma.org
10 Art Museum Drive
Charles Village
Maryland's largest museum noted for its modern collection, American wing, and sculpture garden. Open Wednesday–Sunday, free.
The Contemporary Museum
443.388.8980 | www.contemporary.org
429 N. Eutaw St.
(Downtown)
A museum dedicated to creating educational programs and cultural experiences that reach an exceptionally wide range of constituents. Suggested donation of $3 for students.
Walters Art Museum
410.547.9000 | www.thewalters.org
600 N. Charles Street
(Mount Vernon)
Wonderful ancient, medieval, and 19th-century painting collections. Hackerman House, in a beautifully restored home adjacent to the museum, houses the Walters' Asian art collection. Free.