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18th-20th Century American Paintings
An ongoing exhibition — now on view.

Featuring work by Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Rembrandt Peale, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Childe Hassam, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Sloan and more.

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Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, June 28, 2025
11:00 AM
Information Session
Summer Members Reception
Summer Members Reception
Friday, July 18, 2025
5:30 PM
Special Event
Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (5-day)
Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (5-day)
Monday, July 21, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop

On View

Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 4, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — August 18, 2025
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

February 7, 2025 — June 7, 2026
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Upcoming

Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art

June 28, 2025 — October 13, 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.

Explore Highlights from the Collection

Queen
COLE, WILLIE
2012
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Frost Bitten
ALLISON, JOHN BEAR
2018
Digital photograph on Kodak Endura paper
20 x 30 1/4 ins. (51.8 x 76.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
World Trade Center from Battery Park City, New York
WHITE, CHRISTIAN
c. 1978
Oil on canvas
Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 ins. (78.9 x 94.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Sioux Sisters, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD
FERRATO, DONNA
1995
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 30 x 24 ins. (76.3 x 60.8 cm); Image: 26 x 21 5/8 ins. (66.1 x 54.8 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Leslie
CLOSE, CHUCK
1986
Color woodblock print on Echizen Kozo Nimai Suki paper
Sheet: 32 1/8 x 25 1/4 ins. (81.5 x 64.3 cm); Image: 24 3/4 x 21 1/2 ins. (62.9 x 54.5 cm); Framed: 47 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (105.2 x 84 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
L’arrestation de Charlotte Corday (The Arrest of Charlotte Corday)
Attributed to GUÉRIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE PAULIN
1810 - 1830
Oil on canvas
Sight: 37 x 48 1/4 ins. (94 x 123 cm)
Gift of Patricia R. Van Zandt
Goin’ Home
BENTON, THOMAS HART
1937
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (38.9 x 44.5 cm); Image: 9 1/2 x 12 ins. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones
Head study
MORSE, SAMUEL F.B.
Oil on millboard
6 3/4 x 4 ins. (17.0 x 12.5 cm)
Gift Paul M. Rider

Volunteer Invitation
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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