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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine: March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025 Buy Tickets

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Michelangelo:
The Genesis of the Sistine

Now through June 1.

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Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
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Teen Metal Casting Camp
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Monday, August 4, 2025
9:00 AM
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On View

Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 8, 2025
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — August 18, 2025
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Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 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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Untitled
KATZEN, LILA PELL
1963
Oil on canvas
63 x 53 ins. (160.0 x 134.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Untitled
GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO
Gouache and ink on board
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WEISER, KURT
1994
Porcelain, China Paint
11 3/16 x 13 3/4 x 5 5/8 ins. diam. (28.5 x 35.0 x 14.4 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Untitled (for Cookie Mueller)
GOLDIN, NAN
2000
Chromogenic print (C-print)
24 1/8 x 20 1/16 ins. (61.3 x 50.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Portrait of William Small [1734 – 1775]
KETTLE, TILLY
1766
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 1/4 x 25 ins. (76.8 x 63.5 cm); Framed: 35 1/2 x 30 1/4 ins. (90.0 x 76.8 cm)
President’s Fund for Excellence
Woman with Figs (La Femme aux Figues)
GAUGUIN, PAUL
Plate 1894; printed post posthumously after 1966
Etching
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 52.0 cm); Plate: 10 1/2 x 16 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 42.2 cm)
Gift from the collection of C. Patrick Laughlin, MD, in memory of Marge Gieseking
Diogenes
DA CARPI, UGO after GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA called IL PARMIGIANINO [1503 – 1540]
c. 1525
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Image: 17 ¼ x 13 ¾ ins. (43.8 x 35.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Blue and Red
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

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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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