Silver Spring (WMATA Station) - Artwork

Artwork

The Silver Spring station is also home to Penguin Rush Hour, a 100 x 8 foot mural painted by Sally Callmer, depicting penguins as Metro customers during rush hour. Although originally intended to be a temporary exhibit, the mural placed at the station in the early 1990s has become a symbol of the downtown area of Silver Spring. In 2004, the Silver Spring Regional Center, a county government facility, commissioned the original artist to restore the mural, which was damaged by the elements and missing sections, for approximately $30,000. In 2004-2005, the mural was removed for the restoration, with the promise that it would be returned by the end of 2005. Subsequently the county decided to postpone re-installation of the mural until completion of the new transit center.