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Youth Camp: Portrait Bust in Clay
Youth Camp: Portrait Bust in Clay
Friday, August 22, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop
Homeschool Art Show
Homeschool Art Show
Friday, August 22, 2025
5:30 PM
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Volunteer Orientation Session
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Saturday, September 6, 2025
11:00 AM
Information Session
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Monday, September 29, 2025
5:00 PM
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On View

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

June 28, 2025 — October 13, 2025
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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 — June 14, 2026
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

February 7, 2025 — June 7, 2026
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18th-20th Century European Paintings

June 28, 2025 — March 8, 2026
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20th-21st Century Abstraction

July 3, 2025 — August 17, 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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Mexican Cripple’s Family
KRIESBERG, IRVING
1945
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 24 1/4 x 36 ins. (61.6 x 91.44 cm)
Anonymous Gift
Pitcher with visage
PICASSO, PABLO
1969
White clay with glaze and paint
12 1/2 x 3 1/2 diam. ins. (31.6 x 9.0 cm)
Gift of Rene A. Henry, W&M '54
Chambers
ROSENQUIST, JAMES ALBERT
1980
Color lithograph
Sheet: 29 3/4 x 47 ins. (75.5 x 119.6 cm); Image: 24 3/4 x 47 ins. (62.4 x 119.6 cm); Framed: 39 1/4 x 57 ins. (99.6 x 144.7 cm)
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
Transfiguration of Christ
LAIRESSE, GÉRARD DE
Oil on canvas
124 3/4 x 54 3/4 ins. (316.9 x 139.1 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund and Museum Acquisition Fund
Netsuke of a tiger or cat
UNKNOWN
Stained horn
1 3/4 h. x 1 5/8 w. x 1 1/8 ins. d. (4.4 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
Saint John the Evangelist
Studio of RENI, GUIDO
c. 1630
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 15/16 x 25 7/8 ins.; Framed: 40 1/4 x 34 3/4 ins. (102.5 x 87.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Life is Altogether
DIAL, THORNTON
1994
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Color Symphony
BLACKBURN, ROBERT
1960
Color lithograph on cream wove paper
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 25 1/4 ins. (47.3 x 63.7 cm); Image: 15 1/2 x 22 ins. (40.1 x 55.7 cm) [irreg.]
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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