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

Experience world-class exhibitions and robust academic programs.
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Upcoming

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
Figure Drawing Monday: Blind Contour and Measuring
Figure Drawing Monday: Blind Contour and Measuring
Monday, February 10, 2025
5:00 PM
Workshop
Watercolor Monotypes
Watercolor Monotypes
Thursday, February 13, 2025
5:00 PM
Workshop

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 Burning
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1997
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 29 ins. (47 x 73.7 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
Hamlet and Laertes Fighting in Ophelia’s Grave
DELACROIX, FERINAND-VICTOR-EUGÉNE
1843
Lithograph
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 13/16 ins. (48.9 x 35.1 cm); Image: 11 3/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (28.3 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of the Carnegie Collection
The Bay (La Baie)
CHAGALL, MARC
1962
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 x 22 ins. (38.1 x 56.0 cm)
Purchase
Newborn Baby in Makeshift Crib near Cold Stove
SMITH, W. EUGENE
1951
Gelatin silver print
4 3/8 x 3 3/8 ins. (10.9 x 8.6 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Kambara
ANDO HIROSHIGE
1832
Color woodblock print
9 1/4 x 14 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 35.9 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
The Etching Printer
ANNAN, JAMES CRAIG
1907
Photogravure from Camera Work, Number XIX, printed on tissue
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 ins. (19.9 x 27.9 cm); Image: 6 x 7 3/4 ins. (15.2 x 19.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Petrichor II
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
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

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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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