https://snfagora.jhu.edu/event/hard-histories-the-walters-art-museum/
Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a virtual conversation about how Baltimore-area cultural institutions are examining their own “hard histories.” Johns Hopkins University is studying its histories relating to racism and discrimination, but it is not alone in this endeavor. In this discussion, Hard Histories Project Director Martha S. Jones will be in conversation on this topic with Theresa Sotto, the Ruth R. Marder Director of Learning and Community Engagement at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum. In recent years, the Walters has been scrutinizing its own past relating to the histories of racism and discrimination. The museum’s founders, namesakes, and initial collection donors, William T. Walters and Henry Walters, built their wealth in the liquor and railroad businesses through entanglements in the United States’ slave economy. They also supported the Confederacy during the Civil War and afterward. Additionally, the museum is researching more about the enslaved people, including Sybby Grant, who labored in the museum’s nineteenth-century mansion, 1 West Mount Vernon Place. Together, Jones and Sotto will discuss their experiences, insights, and challenges undertaking the vital work of hard histories in Baltimore, and where that work portends to go in the future.
This event is free and open to the public, and you can register in advance at the link above!
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