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Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, June 28, 2025
11:00 AM
Information Session
Summer Members Reception
Summer Members Reception
Friday, July 18, 2025
5:30 PM
Special Event
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
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On View

Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 4, 2026
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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

Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art

June 28, 2025 — October 13, 2025
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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.

Explore Highlights from the Collection

Afternoon Handball
MELTZER, ANNA E.
1938
Oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 34 ins. (65.7 x 86.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Water jar
ZUNIE, CATALINA (LINA)
c. 1890
Polychrome earthenware
Gift of Burt Meyers in memory of his mother, Mrs. Sallie Key Meyers
Sketch for Glenn Close ‘Madame de Merteuil’ Costume
ACHESON, JAMES
1987
Pencil, ink, crayon and gouache on light brown paper
16 5/8 x 11 ¾ ins. (42.1 x 29.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Three White Stoops, West 88 St., NYC
ORKIN, RUTH
1952
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 x 14 1/8 ins. (28 x 35.7 cm); Image: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 ins. (27 x 34.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lift Every Voice and Sing
SAVAGE, AUGUSTA
c. 1939
White metal cast with black patina
10 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 4 ins. (27.4 x 24.2 x 10.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Dot
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
Big Soldier
CANNON, TOMMY WAYNE called T.C. CANNON
1973
Linocut on paper
Sheet: 34 x 24 5/8 ins. (86.3 x 62.6 cm); Image: 24 x 22 in. (61 x 55.9 cm); Framed: 40 3/4 x 32 3/4 ins. (103.5 x 83.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Studies for a youth from the left and Studies of arms of a figure playing a violin;  Offset of a right hand
DANDINI, OTTAVIANO
Red chalk
Sheet: 8 x 11 7/6 ins. (20.3 x 29.0 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

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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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