A map could be a conquistador's rendition of a lost city, an African sculpture recording memories, a souvenir from the World's Fair or a diagram of the Internet in 1982 -- anything from Da Vinci works loaned by Queen Elizabeth II to an anonymous Hindu globe.
From March 16 - June 8 Maps: Finding our Place in the World, which spent months at Chicago's Field Museum prior to its stop in Baltimore, broadens our assumptions about maps.
Though the Walters is free, this ticketed exhibit costs $6-$12. However, some objects from the exhibit are on display in the free areas.
In addition to the main exhibit, the Walters hosts a show of Hubble Telescope images Feb. 2 - July 27. And it has organized a city-wide Festival of Maps, which includes maps made by community groups in Baltimore and on display at the Walters' Maps on Purpose exhibit.
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- Tenochtitlan by Hernán CortésHernán Cortés - Map of Aztec Capital - Tenochtitlan - Baltimore MD - Walters Art Museum
- Map of Central Italy by Leonardo da Vinci
- The "Red Line" Map, First Map of U.S.John Mitchell's Red Line Map of the United States - First Map United States - Walters Art Museum
- Map of Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island Map - Baltimore MD - Walters Art Museum
- First Internet Map by Joyce ReynoldsARPANET by Joyce Reynolds, First Internet Map
- Map of London on Glove Glove Map of London - London's World's Fair - 1851 - Map Show at Walters Art Museum - Baltimore MD
- Hindu Cosmological GlobeHindu Cosmological Globe - Maps Show at Walters Art Museum - Baltimore MD - Maryland
- Plan for Arno River by Leonardo da VinciPlan to Regulate the Arno River in Florence by Leonardo da Vinci
- Hubble Telescope ImageM16 Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula from Hubble Telecope
- Baltimore's Sandtown by Area ResidentsMaps on Purpose - Sandtown-Winchester Neighborhood - Map Show at Walters Art Museum - Baltimore MD
- Memory Board from Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrican Art - African Map - Memory Board - Lukasa - Map Show at Walters Art Museum - Baltimore MD
- Island of Utopia by Sir Thomas MooreSir Thomas Moore - Map of Island of Utopia - 1516 - Map Show at Walters Art Museum - Baltimore MD -
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