The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Experience world-class exhibitions and robust academic programs.
Plan your visit.
On View
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreSelections from Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
October 14, 2025 — January 11, 2026
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
Learn MoreUpcoming
Collection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
Explore the Collection:PaintingsDrawings and WatercolorsPrintsPhotographySculpture and ObjectsRecent Acquisitions
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
Oil on canvas
Sight: 37 x 48 1/4 ins. (94 x 123 cm)
Gift of Patricia R. Van Zandt
JACK, MARLENE
1977
Raku-fired stoneware
4 x 18 x 18 ins. (10.2 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Raku-fired stoneware
4 x 18 x 18 ins. (10.2 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
BRIDGES, CHARLES
c. 1735 - 1743
Oil on canvas
49 x 39 5/8 ins. (124.5 x 100.6 cm)
Oil on canvas
49 x 39 5/8 ins. (124.5 x 100.6 cm)
MORGENSTERN, JOHANN FRIEDRICH
Graphite
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (10.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (10.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
D'AMORE, ROBERT
1979
Hand colored gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 15 3/4 ins. (30.8 x 40.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Hand colored gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 15 3/4 ins. (30.8 x 40.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1998
Gelatin silver pinhole photograph
13 x 17 ins. (33 x 43.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver pinhole photograph
13 x 17 ins. (33 x 43.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
PENNELL, JOSEPH
1915
Etching and drypoint
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins. (21.9 x 32.0 cm); Image: 7 1/2 x 11 7/8 ins. (19.0 x 30.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Etching and drypoint
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins. (21.9 x 32.0 cm); Image: 7 1/2 x 11 7/8 ins. (19.0 x 30.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
ROSSITER, ALISON
2019
Gelatin silver prints
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver prints
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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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