The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is internationally renowned
for its collection of art . It offers an overview of world art from
pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe, and counts among its many treasures
Greek sculpture and Roman sarcophagi; medieval ivories and Old Master
paintings; Art Deco jewelry and 19th-century European and American
masterpieces.
In 2011, the Walters launched a redesigned works of art website with 10,000 online artwork images freely licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Apart from their image rich website, works of art from this museum have been donated as 19,000 + freely-licensed images to WikimediaCommons. This is one of the largest and most comprehensive such releases made by any museum.
The images and their associated information join the collection
of more than 12 million freely usable media files, which make up the image repository
for Wikipedia. The image donation is part of the Walters Museum’s larger initiative to provide free public access to its collection, both online and offline, beginning with the removal of admission fees in 2006.
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