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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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Final Friday! Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
Final Friday! Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
Friday, May 30, 2025
5:00 PM
Special Event
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop
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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Upcoming

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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Alexander Brook’s Art Class, Art Students League
MELTZER, ANNA E.
1936
Oil on canvas
Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 ins. (29.9 x 40.0 cm); Framed: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 ins. (44.6 x 54.6 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Portrait–Mlle. D.
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
Winter Snow, Blue Coal Calendar/Joy Winter Day
CLYMER, JOHN FORD
1942
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jane Spencer Smith (W&M '48) and Willard S. Smith (W&M '44), Alumni medallion recipients
The Steerage
STIEGLITZ, ALFRED
1907
Photogravure on tissue
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 ins. (28.2 x 20.3 cm); Image: 7 ¾ x 6 ¼ ins. (19.7 x 15.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Horse and Rider
MARINI, MARINO
1953
India ink and body color on paper
Sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 ins. (61.9 x 43.2 cm); Image: 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (57.1 x 36.8 cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
Narcissus Gazing at his Reflection
van BABUREN, DIRCK
c. 1621 - 1622
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 37 3/4 x 45 3/4 ins. (95.9 x 116.2 cm); Framed: 47 x 54 7/8 ins. (119.38 x 139.382 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Wendat Floral
SMITH, RICHARD ZANE
2016
Oklahoma clay (processed by the artist); clay slips
13 3/4 ins. H (35.0 cm) [Circumference 40 ins. (101.6 cm)]
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Seed Time and Harvest
WOOD, GRANT
1937
Lithograph
Sheet: 9 9/16 x 14 5/16 ins. (24.3 x 36.4 cm); Image: 7 7/16 x 12 1/8 ins. (19.0 x 30.9 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones

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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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