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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
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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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Untitled (Sleighs)
ADAMS, ANSEL
Dassonville print
Sheet: 10 x 11 1/2 ins. (25.4 x 30.0 cm); Image: 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 ins. (14.2 x 19.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Mirror Image
ROSEBERG, CARL ANDERSON
1968
Carrara marble
21 1/2 h. x 17 1/8 w. x 13 ins. d. (54.6 x 43.5 x 33.1 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roseberg
Dance
OSUGI, SHOJI
1984
Color woodblock print
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 20 1/4 ins. (52.1 x 51.2 cm); Image: 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 ins. (45 x 45 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
Morning Star
LANKES, JULIUS JOHN
c. 1940
Oil on unprimed plywood panel
23 3/4 x 19 5/8 ins. (60.3 x 49.8 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
Seated figure of a cleric having a vision
SALLAERT, ANTOINE
White gouache and dark brown wash on light brown, prepared paper
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 ins. (21.0 x 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
The Messiah
WEST, BENJAMIN
1814
Oil on panel
51 x 39 1/4 ins. (129.5 x 99.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
White Aspens and Hillside
PORTER, ELIOT
May 1975
Dye transfer print
Support: 27 1/8 x 31 1/8 ins. (68.8 x 79.0 cm); Image: 18 x 22 3/4 ins. (45.7 x 57.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Portrait Study
WATSON-SCHÜTZE, EVA
1905
Photogravure printed on brown paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 ins. (29.8 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.2 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.

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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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