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Homeschool Art Classes Fall 2025
Homeschool Art Classes Fall 2025
Monday, September 15, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop
Fall Volunteer Open House
Fall Volunteer Open House
Friday, September 19, 2025
5:30 PM
Information Session
Community Art Day
Community Art Day
Saturday, September 20, 2025
10:00 AM
ConcertFamilySpecial Event
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
10:00 AM
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On View

Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art

June 28, 2025 — October 13, 2025
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VITAL: Our Irreplaceable Earth

August 27, 2025 — November 2, 2025
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Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 4, 2026
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — November 14, 2025
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

February 7, 2025 — June 7, 2026
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18th-20th Century European Paintings

June 28, 2025 — March 8, 2026
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Upcoming

Faculty Show 16

October 17, 2025 — January 11, 2026
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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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Gevaert Gevarto 47, exact expiration date unknown, ca. 1960s, processed 2019 (#75)
ROSSITER, ALISON
2019
Gelatin silver prints
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Martha Graham
WARHOL, ANDY
1979
Polacolor Type 108 print
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 ins. (10.8 x 8.6 cm)
Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Saint John the Evangelist
Studio of RENI, GUIDO
c. 1630
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 15/16 x 25 7/8 ins.; Framed: 40 1/4 x 34 3/4 ins. (102.5 x 87.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled landscape
AVERY, MILTON
1953
Oil on canvas board
Canvas board: 9 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.9 x 29.2 cm); Framed: 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 ins. (30.5 x 42.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Untitled (for Mark Morrisroe)
SHERMAN, CINDY
2000
Chromogenic print (C-print)
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 24 3/16 ins. (51 x 61.5 cm); Image: 11 1/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (28.2 x 39.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lower East Side
FOX, JON GILBERT
1967
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 ins. (20.5 x 25.4 cm); Image: 6 1/2 x 8 5/8 ins. (16.5 x 21.9 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Capriccio
School of FRANCESCO GUARDI [1712 - 1793]
c. 1770
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 17 3/4 x 23 1/8 ( 45.1 x 58.7 cm); Sight: 17 3/8 x 22 5/8 ins.; Framed: 22 1/2 x 27 3/4 ins. (57.4 x 70.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Proto-Urbis
MORRISON, GEORGE
1958
Oil on canvas
57 x 79 ins. (144.8 x 200.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler

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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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