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

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Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 6-11
Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 6-11
Monday, January 13, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop
Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 12-18
Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 12-18
Monday, January 13, 2025
11:30 AM
Workshop
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
Information Session

Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture

February 7, 2024 — May 30, 2025
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — May 28, 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
BONTECOU, LEE
1973
Silkscreen
Sheet: 9 x 12 ins. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Purchase, The Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
Liseuse d’Aigle (Reader of the Eagle)
HÉROLD, JACQUES
1943
Oil and pencil on press board
25 9/16 x 19 9/16 ins. (65.0 x 49.7 cm); Framed: 35 1/8 x 27 3/8 ins. (89.1 x 69 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Camera Movement on Flashlight
CALLAHAN, HARRY
1946 -1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 ins. (11.3 x 8.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
TV Indians
ROMERO, CARA
2017
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 61 x 41 ins. (154.9 x 104.1 cm); Image: 55 x 36 ins. (139.7 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds from Ann Marie Stock and David Brashear
Untitled
JONQUIERES, EDUARDO
1960
Paint on canvas
Canvas: 19 7/16 x 19 7/16 ins. (49.2 x 49.4 cm) ; Frame: 20 x 20 1/16 (50.9 x 51 cm)
The Bay (La Baie)
CHAGALL, MARC
1962
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 x 22 ins. (38.1 x 56.0 cm)
Purchase
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
The Three Maries at the Tomb
GIORDANO, LUCA
Mid- 17th Century
Oil on canvas
Site: 48 1/2 x 38 ins. (123.2 x 96.5 cm); Framed: 56 x 45 1/2 ins. (142.2 x 115.3 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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