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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
Workshop
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Monday, August 4, 2025
9:00 AM
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On View

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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Sketches of lacrosse players
FAIRLAMB, GUY S.
1981
Pen and ink
11 x 8 5/8 ins. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Window
BOND, HOWARD
1995
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Virginia A. Lascara '81
Miniature Diver
FEUERMAN, CAROLE A.
2013
Bronze and gold leaf with marble base
Object with base: 24 x 11 x 9 ins. (60.9 x 20.3 x 22.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Sailmakers
van VLIET, JAN GEORG
c. 1632-1635
Etching
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 1/8 ins. (25.9 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.3 x 16.5 cm)
Bequest of Vernon Phillips Weaver
The Opener
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1997
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 3/4 x 28 3/4 ins. (47.6 x 73 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
Harbor scene
STORCK, ABRAHAM
Pen and ink, and wash on paper
7 3/4 x 11 11/16 ins. (19.7 x 29.7 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
Oil Boom
ROMERO, CARA
2015
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 1/2 x 56 ins. (143.0 x 142.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled (Screaming Indian)
SCHOLDER, FRITZ
1973
Color lithograph
Framed: 34 7/8 x 23 3/8 ins.
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss

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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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