Membership Icon Membership Icon Hover Become a Member
×
$100

100% tax deductible
Special $150 for two
Free admission to exhibitions, lecture series
Members-only hours exhibition access & exhibition preview days
Domestic travel opportunities
Free subscription to Muscarelle newsletters
20% off exhibition catalogues

$250

100% tax deductible
Associate membership benefits PLUS:
Reciprocal membership benefits with more than 600 North American art museums through NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum Association)

$500

100% tax deductible
Partner membership benefits PLUS:
Reciprocal membership benefits with more than 100 museums in the Southeast through SEMC (Southeastern Museums Conference)
One private docent-led tour for up to six guests
Early registration access for Muscarelle’s Members’ Events





+ Additional Membership Levels

Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine: March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025 Buy Tickets

Home


Michelangelo:
The Genesis of the Sistine

Now through June 1.

Buy Tickets

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
Workshop

On View

Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025
Learn More

William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 8, 2025
Learn More

Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — August 18, 2025
Learn More

Upcoming

Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn More

Collection Highlights

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

Explore Highlights from the Collection

Sky Chief
SINGLETARY, PRESTON
2006
Blown and sand-carved glass
19 3/4 x 8 x 7 ins.
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden (1594 – 1632)
MIEREVELT, MICHEL VAN
Black chalk
Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 7/8 ins. (21.7 x 17.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
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
Soldier in a Madhouse II (Soldat im Irrenhaus II)
FELIXMÜLLER, CONRAD
1918
Transfer lithograph on light cream, thin, smooth wove Japanese paper
16 x 12 1/8 ins. (40.6 x 30.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Brass Bowl
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Halftone
7 5/8 x 6 3/8 ins (19.3 x 16.3 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant’Angelo (View of the Bridge and Castel Sant’ Angelo [the Mausoleum of Hadrian])
PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
1754
Etching, state III/III
Sheet: 26 1/8 x 21 ¼ ins.(66.3 x 54.0 cm); Image: 22 7/8 x 14 ¾ ins. (58.2 x 37.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gothic Landscape
KEYSER, ROBERT G.
1960
Oil on canvas
48 x 80 ins. (121.9 x 203.3 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
A Mountain Valley
HERZOG, LEWIS
Pen and ink, heightened with white chalk
Sight: 7 1/2 x 11 13/16 ins. (19.0 x 30.0 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

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

Volunteer with The Muscarelle

Join our dedicated team of volunteers & docents, like-minded community members that contribute valuable support to the Museum and visitors, all while immersed in an inspiring environment of fine art and artists.

Become a Volunteer or Docent

Join the Mailing List