It was John R. Pope who did the Scottish rites temple on 16th st.....the west building of the nat. gallery of art.....where Mercury's statue is.....

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Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore Museum of Art
Established	1914
Location	10 Art Museum Drive Baltimore, Maryland 21218 United States
Director	Jay McKean Fisher and Christine Dietze BMA Museum Interim Co-Directors
President	Clair Zamoiski Segal BMA Board of Trustees Chair Frederick Singley Koontz BMA Immediate Past Board of Trustees Chair
Curator	Jay McKean Fisher Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs
Public transit access	Bus lines 1, 3, 11.
Website	http://www.artbma.org

The Baltimore Museum of Art, located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is an art museum that was founded in 1914. Its main building was built in 1929, in the "Roman Temple" architectural style, under the design of famous architect John Russell Pope. The Museum is home to an internationally renowned collection of art that spans centuries and a number of periods; from early Byzantine to current Contemporary, many diverse artistic styles are represented. Originally known as the Municipal Art Museum, the B.M.A. today has over 90,000 works of art—including the largest holding of works by Henri Matisse in the world. It is located between the Charles Village, to the east, Remington, to the south, Hampden, to the west; and south of the Roland Parkneighborhoods, immediately adjacent to the Homewood campus of The Johns Hopkins University, though the museum is an independent institution that is not affiliated with the University.

The highlight of the museum is perhaps the Cone Collection, brought together by famed Baltimore collecting sisters Dr. Caribel(1864–1929) and Miss Etta Cone (1870–1949). Accomplished collectors, these sisters amassed a wealth of works by artists including Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne, Manet, Degas, Giambattista Pittoni, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Renoir, nearly all of which were eventually donated to the Museum.

Since Sunday, October 1, 2006, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the older Walters Art Museum (formerly Walters Art Gallery), have had free admission year-round as a result of grants given by Baltimore City and Baltimore County, excepting for special exhibitions.^[1]

The Baltimore Museum of Art is the site of Gertrude's Restaurant, owned and operated by chef John Shields.