Belly up to the bar at BMI and get schooled in art history at BMA!

By Sheilah Kast,

Published October 10, 2023 at 10:06 AM EDT

1 of 6 — George and Babe Ruth bartending at one of the family’s saloons, located at 38 South Eutaw Street. Image courtesy of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. .jpg

George and Babe Ruth bartending at one of the family’s saloons, located at 38 South Eutaw Street. Photo: Courtesy Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum

2 of 6 — 2. Saloon on the corner of Bank and Durham Streets, ca. 1914. Image courtesy of the Enoch Pratt Library Special Collections.jpeg

Saloon on the corner of Bank and Durham Streets, ca. 1914. Photo: courtesy Enoch Pratt Library Special Collections

3 of 6 — Riviera and workshop_Apollo_and_Attendants_Flaying_Marsyas_MIA.jpg

Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas by Riviera and workshop Photo: Mpls. Institute of Art

Minneapolis Institute of Art/Minneapolis Institute of Art / Minneapolis Institute of Art

4 of 6 — Stone_A Blue and Yellow Macaw_AGO.jpg

A Blue and Yellow Macaw; Stone Photo: Art Gallery of Ontario

5 of 6 — Marie Lemoine - Youth in an Embroidered Vest

Youth in an Embroidered Vest, Marie Lemoine. Photo: BMA

Douglas J. Eng

6 of 6 — Merian_Convolvulus_and_Metamorphosis_CMA.jpg

Convolvulus and Metamorphosis, Merian. Photo: Cleveland Museum of Art

David Brichford/Cleveland Museum of Art / Cleveland Museum of Art

Art and history lovers get ready: a new show at Baltimore Museum of Industry dives into the late-nineteenth-early- twentieth century role of the neighborhood corner bar. And the Baltimore Museum of Art turns ideas about male-dominated artmaking on their head in 'Making Her Mark.’

Links: 'The Neighborhood Corner Bar' at BMI, 'Making Her Mark' at BMA, BMI neighborhood bar walking tour, Corner Bar author event, Baltimore Heritage 5-minute history of Baltimore neighborhood bars, BMA Art After Hours, Art and Object article about Making Her Mark.