Tours
Free Guided Tours
Enjoy free guided tours at the BMA! All tours start in the Lobby unless otherwise noted. For information on tour topics and times, visit our online Calendar.
Treasures at the BMA
Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Get to know some of the highlights in the BMA’s collection in this 45-minute Docent-led tour.
Sunday Shorts
Sundays, 2:30 p.m.
Discover the wonder of a single work of art or gallery in this half hour Docent-led tour.
Exhibition Tours
Wednesdays, 2 p.m.
Learn about the various exhibition on view at the BMA in this one hour Docent-led tour.
Third Thursday Curatorial Tours
Join a free curator-led tour of a feature exhibition on the third Thursday of each month. To reserve your space, call 443-573-1832.
Thursday, April 17
1–2 p.m.
Experience Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960 with BMA Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs Rena Hoisington.
Thursday, May 15
1–2 p.m.
Experience Bonnard & Vuillard with BMA Associate Curator of European Painting & Sculpture Katy Rothkopf.
All tours start in the Lobby, unless otherwise noted. For information on tour topics and times, visit our online Calendar.
Group Tours
Bring your group to enjoy the BMA together. The BMA offers groups of 12 or more guided tours or self-guided visits of the collection and special ticketed exhibitions. To make reservations for your group to tour part of the BMA collection, call 443-573-1821. For reservations to tour special ticketed exhibitions, call 443-573-1703.
Guided Tours
Docent-led tours last approximately one hour and can be tailored to the needs of each group. Foreign language tours may be available upon request.
Docent-led tours are free for BMA Members; and $7 per person for non-Members. Advance reservations are required eight weeks prior to visit. A full, non-refundable payment must be received the day of the visit. To make reservations, call 443-573-1821.
NEW! Cell Phone Tour
Explore the BMA’s lush sculpture gardens with a cell phone tour. Call 443-573-1822 to hear commentary by BMA Director Doreen Bolger, BMA Objects Conservator Ann Boulton, sculptor Mark di Suvero, and special reminiscences from BMA Trustee Peggy Heller—who grew up with the Wurtzburger sculpture collection prior to its donation to the Museum. See the cell phone tour brochure for more information.
NEW! Podcast
BMA Sculpture Garden Podcast
Explore the lush Sculpture Gardens anytime you want with the BMA's first Podcast! Simply download the BMA Sculpture Garden Podcast to your personal digital audio player to hear special commentary about artworks in the Sculpture Garden when and where you want.
Director's Welcome (1.1 mb)
About the Gardens (3.8 mb)
Raymond Duchamp-Villon, The Horse, 1914 (1.8 mb)
BMA Conservator Ann Boulton on preserving
bronze sculpture (2.1 mb)
Pablo Gargallo, The Prophet (St. John the Baptist), 1933 (1.5 mb)
Ossip Zadkine, May 1940: The Destroyed City, 1957 (1.7 mb)
Henry Moore, Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1, 1961-62 (1.1 mb)
BMA Honorary Trustee Peggy Heller on growing up with the Wurtzburger Collection (3.3 mb)
Jose De Rivera, Construction 140, 1971 (2.8 mb)
Ann Boulton on preserving painted metal sculpture (1.7 mb)
Alexander Calder, 100 Yard Dash, 1969 (2.8 mb)
Scott Burton, Rock Chair, 1986-87 (2.9 mb)
Ellsworth Kelly, Untitled, 1986 (2.6 mb)
Tony Smith, Spitball, 1961 (3.1 mb)
Mark Di Suvero, Sister Lu, 1978-79 (1.3 mb)
Mark Di Suvero comments on his sculpture Sister Lu (2.6 mb)
Louise Nevelson, Seventh Decade Forest, 1971-76 (1.6 mb)
Director Doreen Bolger (.8 mb)
Zipped file of entire podcast (33.8 mb)
Need help? Visit Podcast Help for additional instructions.
Self-Guided Visits
Leaders of self-guided groups are welcome to offer discussions in the galleries. Please note that guided tours have priority in these spaces.
Free guided tours led by BMA Docents are offered to school groups. For more information contact 443-573-1821, or visit the Educators portion of the web site.
Let the BMA Come Speak to Your Group!
Do you belong to a group that hosts regular meetings, such as a Garden Club or Community Association? Ask the BMA to come speak to your group! Various slide packages are available. For more information, please contact Ellen Gottfried at 443-573-1816 or egottfried@artbma.org.
Dining Options
Gertrude’s restaurant at the BMA offers on-site dining for groups by reservation. To make a reservation call 410-889-3399, ext 105, or visit www.gertrudesbaltimore.com.
Henry Moore. The Three Rings. 1966.
The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of Ryda and Robert H. Levi, Baltimore, BMA 1987.225 ©The Henry Moore Foundation. This image must not be reproduced or altered without prior consent from the Henry Moore Foundation.
