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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine: March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025 Buy Tickets

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Michelangelo:
The Genesis of the Sistine

Now through June 1.

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Final Friday! Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
Final Friday! Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
Friday, May 30, 2025
5:00 PM
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Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
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Teen Metal Casting Camp
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Monday, August 4, 2025
9:00 AM
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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 8, 2025
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — August 18, 2025
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Upcoming

Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.

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Boquet de Roses et de Marguerites (Bouquet of Roses and Daisies)
DUFY, JEAN
1926
Watercolor on paper
Sheet: 18 15/16 x 25 1/8 ins. (48.1 x 63.7 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Untitled (Artichoke)
D'AMORE, ROBERT
1979
Hand colored gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 15 3/4 ins. (30.8 x 40.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Autumn Landscape
CROPSEY, JASPER FRANCIS
1875
Oil on canvas
14 x 24 ins. (35.7 x 61.1 cm)
Purchase, Endowment Acquisition Fund, Museum Acquisition Fund and Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Untitled
NAKAMARRA, DOREEN REID
Acrylic on canvas
Frame: 24 ¾ x 48 3/8 ins. (62.7 x 122.7 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Portrait of a baby
BROWN, HENRY JAMES
Oil on canvas
25 x 21 ins. (63.5 x 53.4 cm)
Bequest of Mrs. Christine I. Staton
Leslie
CLOSE, CHUCK
1986
Color woodblock print on Echizen Kozo Nimai Suki paper
Sheet: 32 1/8 x 25 1/4 ins. (81.5 x 64.3 cm); Image: 24 3/4 x 21 1/2 ins. (62.9 x 54.5 cm); Framed: 47 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (105.2 x 84 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Portrait Study
WATSON-SCHÜTZE, EVA
1905
Photogravure printed on brown paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 ins. (29.8 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.2 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Moonlit Landscape
TANNER, HENRY OSSAWA
c. 1898 - 1900
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (46.4 x 38.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund

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UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan

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