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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
POMODORO, ARNALDO
1996
Bronze
Approx. 20 ins. h. (51cm)Approx. 18 1/8 ins d. (46 cm)base: 2 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8" (5 x 46 x 46cm)
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
Bronze
Approx. 20 ins. h. (51cm)Approx. 18 1/8 ins d. (46 cm)base: 2 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8" (5 x 46 x 46cm)
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
MESA-BAINS, AMALIA
1997
Digital print on Arches Aquarelle
Sheet: 30 x 22 1/4 ins. (76.2 x 56.5 cm); Image: 25 7/8 x 20 ins. (65.8 x 50.9 cm)
Purchase, the Michael Darren Kelm Memorial Fund and the Kelm-Malis Family
Digital print on Arches Aquarelle
Sheet: 30 x 22 1/4 ins. (76.2 x 56.5 cm); Image: 25 7/8 x 20 ins. (65.8 x 50.9 cm)
Purchase, the Michael Darren Kelm Memorial Fund and the Kelm-Malis Family
COLE, WILLIE
2012
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ROWLANDSON, THOMAS
After 1793
Black chalk
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 6 3/4 ins. (16.7 x 17.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Black chalk
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 6 3/4 ins. (16.7 x 17.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
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
HOREMANS, PETER JACOB
Red chalk on paper
12 7/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (31.6 x 19.8 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
12 7/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (31.6 x 19.8 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
MARTIN, AGNES BERNICE
1978
Watercolor and ink on rice paper
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 12 ins. (30.7 x 30.5 cm); Framed: 15 3/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (39.0 x 39.0 cm)
Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Fund
Watercolor and ink on rice paper
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 12 ins. (30.7 x 30.5 cm); Framed: 15 3/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (39.0 x 39.0 cm)
Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Fund
SULTAN, DONALD K.
5/30/1989
Silkscreen
Sheet: 23 x 22 ins. (58.4 x 55.8 cm); Image: 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 ins. (30.8 x 30.8 cm); Framed: 30 1/8 x 30 ins. (76.4 x 76.2 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Walton Memorial Fund
Silkscreen
Sheet: 23 x 22 ins. (58.4 x 55.8 cm); Image: 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 ins. (30.8 x 30.8 cm); Framed: 30 1/8 x 30 ins. (76.4 x 76.2 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Walton Memorial Fund
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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