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William & Mary Collects III
Now through June 15.

Featuring ceramics, drawings, paintings, prints and sculpture, the exhibition showcases the remarkable scope of art collected by alumni and friends throughout the years.

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Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (3-day)
Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (3-day)
Monday, June 16, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, June 28, 2025
11:00 AM
Information Session
Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (5-day)
Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (5-day)
Monday, July 21, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop

On View

William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 15, 2025
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — August 18, 2025
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

February 7, 2025 — June 7, 2026
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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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Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 4, 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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Photogenic abstraction
JACOBI, LOTTE
1940s
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 ins. (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Running White Deer, County Wicklow, Ireland
CAPONIGRO, PAUL
1967 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 x 18 11/16 ins. (17.7 x 47.9 cm); Support: 14 x 23 ins. (35.6 x 58.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled
MEERT, JOSEPH
c. 1950
Watercolor on paper with pencil signature and interior inscription
4 ½ x 6 ins. (11.6 x 15.1 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Sky Dance over a Silent Earth
GROHS, HANS
1967
Pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 ins. (22.6 x 27.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Frauken Grohs Collinson
Fannie Mae
COLE, WILLIE
2012
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Drop, Dripped
WILSON, FRED
2003
White and black glass, ed. of 20
A: 24 x 4 1/2 x 12 1/4 [diam] ins. (60.9 x 11.4 x 31.1 cm); B: 12 x 12 1/2 x 1 3/4 ins. (32.7 x 30.4 x 4.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
In the Line of Fire: Norfolk 17
PRINCE, STEVE
2004
Linoleum print
Sheet: 55 1/4 x 39 1/2 ins. (140.5 x 100.2 cm); Image: 49 1/2 x 36 ins. (125.7 cm x 91.5 cm); Framed: 62 5/8 x 48 3/8 ins (159.1 x 122.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Study for an anguished woman for the Martyrdom of St. Symphorien
INGRES, JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE
1824
Black chalk
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 7/8 ins. (20.7 x 17.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

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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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