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The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the 
Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Opening February 8, 2025

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Volunteer Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Friday, January 31, 2025
12:00 PM
Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Friday, January 31, 2025
5:30 PM
Information Session
Members’ Opening
Members’ Opening
Friday, February 7, 2025
5:00 PM
Special Event
Community Grand Opening
Community Grand Opening
Saturday, February 8, 2025
10:00 AM
Special Event

Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

February 7, 2024
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 8, 2025
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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — May 28, 2025
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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

The Opener
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1997
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 3/4 x 28 3/4 ins. (47.6 x 73 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
LUTFI, HUDA
2001
Acrylic on canvas, over diptych
Top: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm); Bottom: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm)
Gift of the artist
Teapot
BERNHARD, RUTH
1976 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 ins. (26.7 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Hippodrome Shows, Gloucester, Massachusetts
BEAL, REYNOLDS
1945
Watercolor and red conté crayon on paper
Sight: 6 3/4 x 10 ins. (17.0 x 25.3 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
The Vision of Eliphaz, plate 9
BLAKE, WILLIAM
1825
Engraving
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (27.6 x 21.3 cm); Image: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 ins. (20 x 15 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Horsetails Through Window
BULLOCK, WYNN
Circa 1957
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins. (24.2 x 19.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Ocean Sunset
WAUGH, FREDERICK JUDD
Oil on board
Sight: 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 ins. (29.2 x 40.0 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Portrait of the three daughters of Robert Saunders Jr., Margaret, Mariana Barbara (c. 1830 – 1865), and Lelia Page (c. 1834 – unknown)
CRAWLEY, JOHN R. SR.
1838
Oil on canvas
53 x 40 ins. (134.6 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Page Wilmer Poindexter and Dr. Cary Breckinridge Wilmer

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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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