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at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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On View
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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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
FISCHER, GEORGE
1992
Oil on canvas
Frame: 56 x 58 1/8 ins. (142.2 x 147.7 cm); Canvas: 54 x 56 ins. (137.2 x 142.3 cm)
Gift of Jayne W. Barnard
Oil on canvas
Frame: 56 x 58 1/8 ins. (142.2 x 147.7 cm); Canvas: 54 x 56 ins. (137.2 x 142.3 cm)
Gift of Jayne W. Barnard
BUTCHER, CLYDE
1999
Selenium toned silver gelatin print
Sheet: 56 x 100 ins. (142.2 x 254.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Selenium toned silver gelatin print
Sheet: 56 x 100 ins. (142.2 x 254.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WEBER, MAX
1945
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 ins. (33.6 x 51.3 cm); Framed: 17 1/8 x 24 1/8 ins. (43.4 x 61.2 cm)
Gift of Maynard J. and Dorothy F. Weber
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 ins. (33.6 x 51.3 cm); Framed: 17 1/8 x 24 1/8 ins. (43.4 x 61.2 cm)
Gift of Maynard J. and Dorothy F. Weber
CAGE, JOHN
1989
Spitbite, aquatint, and sugarlift on smoked paper
Sheet: 23 x 18 5/16 ins. (58.4 x 46.6 cm); Image: 14 x 16 ins. (35.5 x 40.7 cm); Framed: 41 1/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (104.4 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Aquisition Fund
Spitbite, aquatint, and sugarlift on smoked paper
Sheet: 23 x 18 5/16 ins. (58.4 x 46.6 cm); Image: 14 x 16 ins. (35.5 x 40.7 cm); Framed: 41 1/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (104.4 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Aquisition Fund
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1990
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/4 x 18 3/8 ins. (71.7 x 46.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/4 x 18 3/8 ins. (71.7 x 46.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
WESTON, BRETT
1978
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 ins (29.4 x 27.0)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 ins (29.4 x 27.0)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
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
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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