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W&M Student Night
W&M Student Night
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
5:00 PM
Special Event
Virtual Book Talk: Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling
Virtual Book Talk: Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling
Sunday, March 30, 2025
2:00 PM
Book Talk

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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — May 28, 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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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.

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Allegory on the Glory of William III (Battle of Grave 26-10-1674)
LAIRESSE, GÉRARD DE
1674
Etching
Sheet: 28 x 19 1/2 ins. (71.2 x 49.3 cm); Image: 27 1/4 x 18 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 46.9 cm)
Purchase, with funds provided by the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silo
BUSWELL, RICHARD S.
2004
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Female Figures
CARREÑO, MARIO
1970
Black ink on buff-colored paper
Sheet: 16 ½ x 11 3/4 ins (42 x 30 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Via delle Tombe in Pompei
BAZZANI, LUIGI
1906
Watercolor
Image: 14 3/8 x 19 15/16 ins. (36.5 x 50.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Dulles International Airport, Eero Saarinen, Chantilly, VA
STOLLER, EZRA
1964
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.6 x 50.6 cm); Image: 13 7/8 x 17 7/8 ins. (35.3 x 45.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Three men by a tree
BUYTEWECH, WILLIAM
Black chalk on blue paper
6 1/16 x 5 5/16 ins. (15.5 x 13.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Strategy
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
Self-Portrait
KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE
1923
Woodcut
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 ins. (23.4 x 19.5 cm); Image: 5 15/16 x 6 13/16 ins. (15.1 x 17.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard France

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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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