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The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the 
Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Opening February 8, 2025

Experience world-class exhibitions and robust academic programs.
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Volunteer Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Friday, January 31, 2025
12:00 PM
Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Friday, January 31, 2025
5:30 PM
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Members’ Opening
Members’ Opening
Friday, February 7, 2025
5:00 PM
Special Event
Community Grand Opening
Community Grand Opening
Saturday, February 8, 2025
10:00 AM
Special Event

Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

February 7, 2024
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 8, 2025
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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — May 28, 2025
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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

Untitled (Albany name plates)
BRANDT, BILL
1945
Silver gelatin print
9 5/8 x 7 5/8 ins. (24.5 x 19.4 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
St. Benedict and the Miracle of the Axe Head
UNKNOWN
Late- 16th Century
Pen and brown ink with wash, highlighted with gouache, on buff paper
Sight: 9 1/4 ins. diam. (23.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Teapot
BERNHARD, RUTH
1976 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 ins. (26.7 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Allegory on the Marriage of Willem III to Mary Stuart and the Wedding Ceremony in London
DE HOOGHE, ROMEYN
11/14/1677
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
Steps
BOND, HOWARD
1995
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Virginia A. Lascara '81
La deposizione del sepolcro (The Deposition in the tomb )
MANTEGNA, ANDREA
1470-80
Engraving with drypoint
12 7/8 x 18 1/8 ins. (32.8 x 46.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled
GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO
1991
Acrylic on canvas
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Mother and Child
CADMUS, PAUL
1935
Etching
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 7/8 ins. (20.2 x 12.4 cm); Plate: 4 7/16 x 3 7/16 ins. (11.3 x 8.8 cm)
Gift of Ralph H. Wark

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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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