A trip north to modern American art

In a city like Washington, with its iconic museums, halls of great art treasures and galleries at every turn, it would almost seem presumptuous to suggest a short trip north to the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Still, devotees of internationally renowned collections of 19th-century, modern and contemporary art may wish to walk marbled halls that house more 90,000 works of art, including the largest holding of works by Henri Matisse in the world.