Evergreen Museum & Library Guided Tour

4545 North Charles Street,Baltimore MD 21210

20 November, 2021

Description

Explore Evergreen, the Gilded Age mansion owned by two generations of the Garrett family. Evergreen Museum & Library is housed in a Gilded Age mansion surrounded by 26 acres of gardens and woods. The museum is home to a renowned collection of fine and decorative arts, rare books, and manuscripts assembled by two generations of Baltimore’s civic-minded Garrett family (1878-1952). Through guided tours, visitors can explore the history of the Garretts, their extraordinary collections, and Evergreen’s transformation from a country villa to a historic house museum. VISITOR INFORMATION Visitors are expected to comply with the university mandate that all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors on university property. The tour takes about 1 hour to complete Due to the historical nature of the building, accessibility is limited, and some parts of the museum can only be reached via stairs Free parking is available Free self-guided tours of the gardens and grounds are included in admission Housed in a former Gilded Age mansion surrounded by Italian-style gardens, Johns Hopkins University's Evergreen Museum & Library is at once an intimate collection of fine and decorative arts, rare books, and manuscripts assembled by two generations of Baltimore's philanthropic Garrett family, and a vibrant, inspirational venue for contemporary artists. The collections of Evergreen afford a unique perspective regarding the evolution of American collecting taste and connoisseurship, from the country’s post-Civil War industrial revolution to the modern jet age.