List of public art in Baltimore

This list of public art in Baltimore provides an introduction to public art which is accessible in an outdoor public space in Baltimore. Because the collection of public art is extensive and continues to grow, the list is incomplete. A fuller picture is available externally at:

• Baltimore City Public Art Inventory as of 2012
• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog – database for Baltimore

Selected artworks

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	The Armistead Monument	Fort McHenry 39°15′51.01″N 76°34′55.80″W	1914	Edward Berge		Bronze	8 ft 4+1⁄2 in (2.553 m) × 4 ft (1.2 m)		National Park Service
	Babe's Dream	Oriole Park at Camden Yards 39°17′5.81″N 76°37′14.56″W	1998	Susan Luery		Bronze	16 ft (4.9 m) high		Maryland Stadium Authority
	The Battle Monument	Calvert and Fayette streets 39°17′26.96″N 76°36′44.75″W	1825	Antonio Capellano Architect: Maximilian Godefroy		Marble	52 ft (16 m) high; figure height 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)		City of Baltimore
	Statue of Billie Holiday	Pennsylvania and W. Lafayette avenues 39°18′04.3″N 76°37′55.3″W	1985	James Earl Reid		Bronze			City of Baltimore
	Columbus Monument	Druid Hill Park, Jones Falls Trail 39°19′09.9″N 76°38′30.8″W	1892	Achille Canessa		Marble	6 ft (1.8 m) × 34 in (860 mm) × 24 in (610 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Christopher Columbus	Little Italy, Columbus Piazza	1984	Mauro Bigarani		Marble	14 ft (4.3 m)		City of Baltimore	Destroyed on July 4, 2020, by protesters toppling over the statue and dumping the remains into the Baltimore Harbor.
	Columbus Obelisk	Harford Road & Walther Avenue, Herring Run Park 39°20′10.9″N 76°34′28.3″W	1792			Brick and stucco	44 ft (13 m) × 6+3⁄4 in (170 mm)		City of Baltimore	Councilman Ryan Dorsey introduce legislation to rename and rededicate the monument as The Police Violence Victims Monument.
	Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument	Mount Royal Avenue and Lafayette Avenue	1902–2017	Frederick Ruckstull		Bronze			City of Baltimore	Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).
	Confederate Women's Monument	Charles Street and University Parkway 39°19′59.94″N 76°37′6.11″W	1917–2017	J. Maxwell Miller		Bronze	115 in × 114 in × 98 in (2,920 mm × 2,900 mm × 2,490 mm)		City of Baltimore	Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).
	Edgar Allan Poe Monument	University of Baltimore Law Center Plaza 39°18′20.48″N 76°37′2.27″W	1915	Moses Jacob Ezekiel		Bronze	5 ft (1.5 m) × 27 in (690 mm) × 45 in (1,100 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Fallsway Fountain	Guilford Avenue and Biddle Street 39°18′11.95″N 76°36′42.39″W	1915	Hans Schuler Architect: Theodore Wells Pietsch		Marble	30 ft × 24 ft × 44 ft (9.1 m × 7.3 m × 13.4 m)		City of Baltimore
	Force	Mount Vernon Place, the Northeast corner of the Washington Monument 39°17′51.54″N 76°36′54.9″W	late 1850s	Antoine-Louis Barye		Bronze	39 in × 28 in × 32 in (990 mm × 710 mm × 810 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Francis Scott Key Monument	Eutaw Place & Lanvale Street 39.30388°N 76.62605°W / 39.30388; -76.62605 (F.S. Key Monument)	1911	Antonin Mercié		Bronze, marble, and granite. Figure of Columbia appears to be gilt.	Overall: approx. H. 40 ft (12 m)		City of Baltimore
	Frank Zappa Bust	Eastern Avenue & Conkling Street Enoch Pratt Free Library 39.286512°N 76.566959°W / 39.286512; -76.566959 (F.S. Key Monument)	2008	Konstantinas Bogdanas		Bronze and steel.	Overall: approx. H. 15 ft (4.6 m)		City of Baltimore	Gift of Lithuania; the bust is a reproduction of one located in Vilnius, Lithuania.
	George Peabody	East garden of Mount Vernon Place 39°17′51.2″N 76°36′54.14″W	1869	William Wetmore Story		Bronze	84 in × 40 in × 64 in (2,100 mm × 1,000 mm × 1,600 mm)		City of Baltimore
	George Washington	Druid Hill Park 39.3175°N 76.6428°W / 39.3175; -76.6428 (short title)	1857	Edward Sheffield Bartholomew		Marble	8 in × 3 in × 30 in (203 mm × 76 mm × 762 mm)		City of Baltimore
	The Hiker	North Lakewood and East Fayette Streets 39.294602°N 76.579387°W / 39.294602; -76.579387 (Baltimore, Maryland)	1943	Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson		Bronze			City of Baltimore
	The John Eager Howard Monument	North garden of Mount Vernon Place 39°17′54.25″N 76°36′56.58″W	1904	Emmanuel Fremiet 1824–1910		Bronze	12 ft × 4+1⁄2 ft × 9+1⁄2 ft (3.7 m × 1.4 m × 2.9 m)		City of Baltimore
	Johns Hopkins Monument	Charles and 33rd Streets 39°19′41″N 76°37′4.65″W	1935	Hans Schuler Architect: William Gordon Beecher		Bronze and marble	70 in × 186 in × 53 in (1,800 mm × 4,700 mm × 1,300 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Lafayette Monument	South garden of Mount Vernon Place 39°17′49.92″N 76°36′56.3″W	1924	Andrew O'Connor, Jr.		Bronze	16 ft × 8 ft × 16 ft (4.9 m × 2.4 m × 4.9 m)		City of Baltimore
	Latrobe Monument	Broadway at Baltimore Street 39.29168°N 76.59386°W / 39.29168; -76.59386 (short title)	1914	Edward Berge and J. Maxwell Miller		Bronze	150 in × 9 in × 83+1⁄2 in (3,810 mm × 230 mm × 2,120 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Maryland Line Monument	Mount Royal Plaza 39°18′20.26″N 76°37′7.71″W	1901	Albert L. Van den Berghen Architect: Hodges and Leach		Bronze	60 ft 6 in (18.44 m) high; sculpture 11 ft (3.4 m) high approx.		City of Baltimore
	Military Courage	West garden of Mount Vernon Place 39°17′50.95″N 76°37′0.45″W	1885	Paul DuBois		Bronze	70 in × 24 in × 32 in (1,780 mm × 610 mm × 810 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Order	Mount Vernon Place, the Southeast corner of the Washington Monument 39°17′50.82″N 76°36′54.91″W	late 1850s	Antoine-Louis Barye		Bronze	38 in × 27 in × 33 in (970 mm × 690 mm × 840 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Orpheus with the Awkward Foot	Fort McHenry 39°15′51″N 76°34′56″W	1922	Charles Henry Niehaus		Bronze and marble	Height: 39 feet (12 m)		National Park Service
	Peace	Mount Vernon Place, the Southwest corner of the Washington Monument 39°17′50.66″N 76°36′57.81″W	late 1850s	Antoine-Louis Barye		Bronze	38 in × 26 in × 34 in (970 mm × 660 mm × 860 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Pulaski Memorial	Patterson Park at Linwood and Eastern Avenue 39°17′13.77″N 76°34′37.47″W	1942	Hans Schuler Architect: A. C. Radziszewski		Bronze, marble and brick	129 in (3,300 mm) × 15 ft (4.6 m) × 26 in (660 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Roger B. Taney	North garden of Mount Vernon Place 39°17′52.63″N 76°36′56.47″W	1871, 1887 recast, 2017 removed	William Henry Rinehart		Bronze	86 in × 47 in × 62 in (2,200 mm × 1,200 mm × 1,600 mm)		City of Baltimore	Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).
	Seated Lion	Mount Vernon Place, the Southwest corner of the Washington Monument 39°17′51.04″N 76°36′58.28″W	1847 duplicate	Antoine-Louis Barye		Bronze	75 in × 38 in × 53 in (1,900 mm × 970 mm × 1,350 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Severn Teackle Wallis	East garden of Mount Vernon Place 39°17′51.33″N 76°36′51.29″W	1903	Laurent-Honoré Marqueste		Bronze	94 in × 40 in × 30 in (2,390 mm × 1,020 mm × 760 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Jackson and Lee Monument	West slope of Wyman Park Dell along Art Museum Drive	1948–2017	Laura Gardin Fraser		Bronze			City of Baltimore	Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).
	Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument	Wyman Park, Charles and 29th streets 39°19′25.77″N 76°37′4.30″W	1909	Adolph A. Weinman Architect: Albert Randolph Ross		Bronze	10 in × 102 in × 150 in (250 mm × 2,590 mm × 3,810 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Wallace Monument	Druid Hill Park, Lake Drive 39.3173°N 76.6413°W / 39.3173; -76.6413 (Wallace Monument))	1893	D. W. Stevenson		Bronze	16 ft × 6 ft × 4 ft (4.9 m × 1.8 m × 1.2 m); Base 14 ft × 12 ft × 11 ft (4.3 m × 3.7 m × 3.4 m)		City of Baltimore
	War	Mount Vernon Place, the Northwest corner of the Washington Monument 39°17′51.44″N 76°36′57.87″W	late 1850s	Antoine-Louis Barye		Bronze	40 in × 28 in × 36 in (1,020 mm × 710 mm × 910 mm)		City of Baltimore
	Washington Monument	Mount Vernon Place 39°17′51″N 76°36′56″W	1829	Enrico Causici Architect: Robert Mills		Italian travertine.	188 ft (57 m) high, sculpture 16 ft (4.9 m) high approx.		City of Baltimore

Further reading

• Kelly, Cindy. Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.