The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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Visualizing Climate Change Through the Fragile Beauty of Marine Life
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
5:00 PM
Lecture
On View
Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
June 28, 2025 — October 13, 2025
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — November 14, 2025
Learn MoreUpcoming
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreCollection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
Explore the Collection:PaintingsDrawings and WatercolorsPrintsPhotographySculpture and ObjectsRecent Acquisitions
BUSWELL, RICHARD S.
2004
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Halftone
7 5/8 x 6 3/8 ins (19.3 x 16.3 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Halftone
7 5/8 x 6 3/8 ins (19.3 x 16.3 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
GROHS, HANS
Watercolor, pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 ins. (22.2 x 28.7 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 ins. (22.2 x 28.7 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD
1887
Collotype
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 23 3/4 ins. (47.3 x 60.1 cm); Image: 8 1/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (20.5 x 38.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Collotype
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 23 3/4 ins. (47.3 x 60.1 cm); Image: 8 1/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (20.5 x 38.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
VAN DER ZEE, JAMES
1932, printed 1974
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 3/8 x 9 7/16 ins. (18.7 x 23.9 cm); Support: 12 1/2 x 15 ins. (31.7 x 38.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 3/8 x 9 7/16 ins. (18.7 x 23.9 cm); Support: 12 1/2 x 15 ins. (31.7 x 38.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
JACQUE, CHARLES-ÉMILE
1846
Etching on cream laid paper
SHEET: 7 ¾ x 6 3/16 ins. (19.6 x 15.7 cm); IMAGE: 7 ¾ x 6 3/16 ins. (19.6 x 15.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching on cream laid paper
SHEET: 7 ¾ x 6 3/16 ins. (19.6 x 15.7 cm); IMAGE: 7 ¾ x 6 3/16 ins. (19.6 x 15.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
UNKNOWN
c. 1500
Pen and brown ink
Sheet: 10 3/16 x 6 1/8 ins. (25.9 x 15.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Pen and brown ink
Sheet: 10 3/16 x 6 1/8 ins. (25.9 x 15.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
WYCK, JAN
Oil on canvas
42 1/4 x 35 1/4 ins. (107.4 x 89.5 cm); Framed: 52 1/4 x 44 7/8 ins. (132.4 x 114.0 cm)
Purchase, funds given by Douglas N. Morton
42 1/4 x 35 1/4 ins. (107.4 x 89.5 cm); Framed: 52 1/4 x 44 7/8 ins. (132.4 x 114.0 cm)
Purchase, funds given by Douglas N. Morton
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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