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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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Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
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Teen Metal Casting Camp
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Monday, August 4, 2025
9:00 AM
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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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Los Angeles, Pierre Koening, Case Study House #22
SHULMAN, JULIUS
1960 (printed 1990s)
Chromogenic print
Sheet: 20 x 16 ins (40.6 x 50.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Assemblage
IZBICKI, RAY
Mixed media (metal, wood, plastic, and paint)
9 7/8 h. x 6 w. 6 d. ins. (25.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation
Pietà
CARRACCI, AGOSTINO after PAOLO VERONESE (PAOLO CALIARI) [1528–1588]
1582
Engraving
15 5/8 x 11 3/8 ins. (39.8 x 28.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, on his arrival at the Geneva Railroad Station
AIGNER, LUCIEN
Late 1930s
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 11 x 13 7/8 ins. (27.9 x 35.4 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 13 3/8 ins. (25.5 x 34.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WEISER, KURT
1994
Porcelain, China Paint
11 3/16 x 13 3/4 x 5 5/8 ins. diam. (28.5 x 35.0 x 14.4 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
CARRILLO, MANUEL
1960
Selenium-toned silver print
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/16 ins. (35.9 x 28.1 cm); Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)
Gift of Frank Christopher
Gladiolas
GLACKENS, WILLIAM
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 24 ½ x 20 ¼ ins. (61.5 x 51.4 cm)
Anonymous gift in memory of Garner Anthony '53
Portrait of Arthur Clark Brown
CLARK, ELIOT CANDEE
c. 1897
Charcoal
Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

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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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