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The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts

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Book Talk: “Nature’s Nation” with Alan Braddock
Book Talk: “Nature’s Nation” with Alan Braddock
Thursday, November 6, 2025
5:00 PM
Book Talk
Careers in Museums Round Table: Paths, People & Professions
Careers in Museums Round Table: Paths, People & Professions
Friday, November 7, 2025
11:30 AM
Information SessionW&M Students
First Friday
First Friday
Friday, November 7, 2025
5:00 PM
Special Event
Youth Workshop: Polymer Clay Jewelry
Youth Workshop: Polymer Clay Jewelry
Saturday, November 8, 2025
9:00 AM
FamilyWorkshop

On View

Selections from Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art

October 14, 2025 — January 11, 2026
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VITAL: Our Irreplaceable Earth

August 27, 2025 — November 2, 2025
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Faculty Show 16

October 17, 2025 — January 11, 2026
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Losing Todd: A Mother’s Journey

October 16, 2025 — March 15, 2026
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — November 14, 2025
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Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 4, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

February 7, 2025 — June 7, 2026
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18th-20th Century European Paintings

June 28, 2025 — January 4, 2026
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Upcoming

Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
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Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 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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Landscape (Paysage)
VALTAT, LOUIS
c. 1898
Oil on canvas
Framed: 36 1/8 x 42 ins. (91 x 107.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Madonna of the Swallow
CARRACCI, ANNIBALE
1587
Engraving printed with tone on laid paper
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 ins. (16.4 x 13.0 cm); Image: 6 3/8 x 4 7/8 ins. (16.1 x 12.3 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
A group of children and a few men gaze from behind a barbed-wire fence that marks the boundary of the Moroka township in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
1950
Ferrotyped silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins. (26.3 x 34.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled (Shark and pup with other fish)
WUNGULBA, MICKY
Ochre pigments on Eucalyptus bark
43 3/4 x 16 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 41.9 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
A Beech Tree Overhanging the Hudson River
WHITTREDGE, WORTHINGTON
Oil on paper, over board
Sight: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.8 x 38.7 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Netsuke of a boy holding a rabbit
UNKNOWN
Ivory, mother-of-pearl, and red-colored inlays
1 1/2 h. x 1 1/4 w. x 1 1/4 ins. d. (3.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
In the Line of Fire: Norfolk 17
PRINCE, STEVE
2004
Linoleum print
Sheet: 55 1/4 x 39 1/2 ins. (140.5 x 100.2 cm); Image: 49 1/2 x 36 ins. (125.7 cm x 91.5 cm); Framed: 62 5/8 x 48 3/8 ins (159.1 x 122.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Piranesi’s 24 Colored Marks
DINE, JAMES
1974-1976
Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest

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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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