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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine: March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025 Buy Tickets

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Michelangelo:
The Genesis of the Sistine

Now through June 1.

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Mural-Making Workshop
Mural-Making Workshop
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop
Michelangelo: The Tomb and the Vault
Michelangelo: The Tomb and the Vault
Monday, April 28, 2025
5:00 PM
Lecture
Brazilian Music Ensemble at the Muscarelle
Brazilian Music Ensemble at the Muscarelle
Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:30 PM
Concert
Wine & Run for the Roses
Wine & Run for the Roses
Saturday, May 3, 2025
3:00 PM
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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 8, 2025
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — August 18, 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.

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LAWRENCE, JACOB
1994
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 28 5/8 ins. (47 x 72.5 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
Tours, Cathédrale Saint-Gatien
BRUNETTI, MARKUS
2013-2015
Archival pigment print
Image: 113 3/8 x 54 5/16 ins. (288.0 x 138.0 cm); Sheet: 118 3/16 x 59 1/16 ins. (300.0 x 150.0 cm); Framed: 119 15/16 x 60 13/16 ins. (304.5 x 154.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Dune
WESTON, BRETT
1934
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins. (23.5 x 19 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Studies of a man with gun and a woman with a parasol
HATCH, EMILY NICHOLS
Pencil
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 11 11/16 ins. (26.4 x 29.7 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Horse and Rider
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
Still Life, New York
BLAINE, NELL
1963
Oil on canvas
20 1/8 x 27 1/2 ins. (51.1 x 69.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gevaert Gevarto 47, exact expiration date unknown, ca. 1960s, processed 2019 (#75)
ROSSITER, ALISON
2019
Gelatin silver prints
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Visage (Tête)
PICASSO, PABLO
1963
Linoleum print on Arches paper
Sheet: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 ins. (74.8 x 62.3 cm); Plate: 25 1/8 x 20 7/8 ins. (63.8 x 53.1 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph Lamberson Memorial Fund and Mrs. Ralph Lamberson

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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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