The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Experience world-class exhibitions and robust academic programs.
Plan your visit.
On View
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreSelections from Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
October 14, 2025 — January 11, 2026
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
Learn MoreUpcoming
Collection 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
GOLDIN, NAN
2000
Chromogenic print (C-print)
24 1/8 x 20 1/16 ins. (61.3 x 50.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Chromogenic print (C-print)
24 1/8 x 20 1/16 ins. (61.3 x 50.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WHITEHORSE, EMMI
2020
Oil and mixed media on canvas
39 1/2 x 51 ins. (100.5 x 129.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil and mixed media on canvas
39 1/2 x 51 ins. (100.5 x 129.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
AMBROSE-SMITH, NEAL
2022
Oil on paper, woodcut, collage, chine colle
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on paper, woodcut, collage, chine colle
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
MARINI, MARINO
1953
India ink and body color on paper
Sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 ins. (61.9 x 43.2 cm); Image: 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (57.1 x 36.8 cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
India ink and body color on paper
Sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 ins. (61.9 x 43.2 cm); Image: 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (57.1 x 36.8 cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
1950
Ferrotyped silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins. (26.3 x 34.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Ferrotyped silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins. (26.3 x 34.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
de RIBERA, JUSEPE
c. 1624
Etching with engraving and drypoint
7 5/8 x 9 7/8 ins. (19.4 x 25.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching with engraving and drypoint
7 5/8 x 9 7/8 ins. (19.4 x 25.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BASKIN, LEONARD
1974
Lithograph on Velin d'Arches paper
Framed: 43 7/8 x 31 7/8 ins. (101.5 x 81.0 cm)
Gift of Barbara Waal
Lithograph on Velin d'Arches paper
Framed: 43 7/8 x 31 7/8 ins. (101.5 x 81.0 cm)
Gift of Barbara Waal
BELLOWS, GEORGE WESLEY
1923
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
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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