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.
Reimagining the Hydrocommons: Ecological Art Practice as a Collaborative Movement
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
5:00 PM
Lecture
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
ROMERO, CARA
2015
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 1/2 x 56 ins. (143.0 x 142.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 1/2 x 56 ins. (143.0 x 142.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
DIAL, THORNTON
1994
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LELY, SIR PETER
1640-45
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 26 5/8 x 28 1/8 ins.; Framed: 37 x 38 1.4 ins. (94.5 x 97.5 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Hedberg
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 26 5/8 x 28 1/8 ins.; Framed: 37 x 38 1.4 ins. (94.5 x 97.5 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Hedberg
SIMMONS, DANNY
1997
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CRAWLEY, JOHN R. SR.
1838
Oil on canvas
53 x 40 ins. (134.6 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Page Wilmer Poindexter and Dr. Cary Breckinridge Wilmer
Oil on canvas
53 x 40 ins. (134.6 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Page Wilmer Poindexter and Dr. Cary Breckinridge Wilmer
SLOAN, JOHN
1906
Etching
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. (21.6 x 33.6 cm); Image: 5 1/4 x 7 ins. (13.3 x 17.8 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Etching
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. (21.6 x 33.6 cm); Image: 5 1/4 x 7 ins. (13.3 x 17.8 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
BELLOWS, GEORGE WESLEY
1923
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
DEMACHY, ROBERT
1906
Photogravure from Camera Work, Number XVI, printed on tissue
Image: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 ins. (20.7 x 15.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Photogravure from Camera Work, Number XVI, printed on tissue
Image: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 ins. (20.7 x 15.1 cm)
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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