BMA Stories

Shinah Solomon Etting: Jewish Matriarch of Early Baltimore

In the wake of the Great Fire that destroyed much of Baltimore in 1904, the city’s civic leaders rallied around the belief that a great city needed a great museum. From this beginning, the Baltimore Museum of Art has grown into a major cultural destination that cares for an internationally celebrated collection of more than 97,000 artworks and embodies a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity for the benefit of all communities throughout Baltimore and beyond. What follows is a selection of notable events that offers a look at the celebrated history of the BMA and its continued work to connect art to Baltimore and Baltimore to the world.

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