A new collection volume highlighting the strengths, variety and sheer
wonder of The Walters Art Museum's unique Asian and Islamic collections
The Walters Art Museum is among America's most distinctive museums,
forging connections between people and art from cultures around the
world and spanning seven millennia. The museum features a stunning array
of objects, from richly illuminated Qur'ans and images of the Buddha, to
captivating narrative paintings and artfully crafted ceramics and
metalworks.
Official publication in March 2023 celebrates the reopening of the
Museum's Arts of Asia and Islam collections in the renovated and
reinstalled 4th floor of the Centre Street Building. Across Asia and
the Islamic World will be the first volume in a series of titles which
break away from the traditional academic approach. It is built around
themes that transcend period, form, locale and medium, and forms part of
the Museum's wider initiative to focus resources on developing new ways
of interpreting its collections.