Baltimore Museum of Art

I was visiting family recently and for once it was just for fun.  No one was getting married and it wasn't a holiday, it was just a chance to catch up a little, something that we do not often get around to doing.
So imagine my surprise when I found out that there is an exceptional art museum there, and that it is free to go to!  The hallmark of the museum is a collection of largely French impressionists that were collected by two sisters from Baltimore, Etta and Claribel Cone.  They came about their money through family and they bought what they liked, which ended with them having amassed over 200 Matisse paintings because he was one of their favorites.  That part of the museum (a bit of it pictured here) is spectacular, but there is so much more than that to see.  It is a must visit when next you are in the Charm City.