Membership Icon Membership Icon Hover Become a Member
×
$100

100% tax deductible
Special $150 for two
Free admission to exhibitions, lecture series
Members-only hours exhibition access & exhibition preview days
Domestic travel opportunities
Free subscription to Muscarelle newsletters
20% off exhibition catalogues

$250

100% tax deductible
Associate membership benefits PLUS:
Reciprocal membership benefits with more than 600 North American art museums through NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum Association)

$500

100% tax deductible
Partner membership benefits PLUS:
Reciprocal membership benefits with more than 100 museums in the Southeast through SEMC (Southeastern Museums Conference)
One private docent-led tour for up to six guests
Early registration access for Muscarelle’s Members’ Events





+ Additional Membership Levels

Home

New Exhibitions
Now On View

America’s Tapestry: 13 Colonies. 13 Stories. 1 Nation. and Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal


Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, August 14, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, August 14, 2026
2:00 PM
Family
Youth Art Show 2026
Youth Art Show 2026
Saturday, August 15, 2026
10:00 AM
FamilySpecial Event
Student Move-In Art Break!
Student Move-In Art Break!
Thursday, August 20, 2026
10:00 AM
Special EventW&M Students

On View

America’s Tapestry: 13 Colonies. 13 Stories. 1 Nation.

June 19, 2026 — September 6, 2026
Learn More

Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal

June 26, 2026 — January 3, 2027
Learn More

Photography From 1870 to Tomorrow: Pioneers and Innovators

June 2, 2026 — Ongoing
Learn More

Resilient Beauty: Selections from the Native American Art Collection

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
Learn More

The Great American Birthday Quilt

June 10, 2026 — Ongoing
Learn More

18th-20th Century American Paintings

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
Learn More

Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
Learn More

Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
Learn More

Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.


Portrait of Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 – 1961)
KARSH, YOUSUF
1957
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 28 x 22 ins. (71.1 x 55.9 cm); Image: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 ins. (50.2 x 40.4 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Andante in Yellow and Green
LUCIONI, LUIGI
1975
Oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 26 1/4 ins. (56 x 66.4 cm)
Acquired with funds provided by James H. Starkey III & Judith Forehand Starkey
Nature morte
GRIS, JUAN
1922
Color pochoir
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 ins. (24.5 x 33 cm); Image: 6 ½ x 9 ½ ins. (16.6 x 24.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Study for an anguished woman for the Martyrdom of St. Symphorien
INGRES, JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE
1824
Black chalk
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 7/8 ins. (20.7 x 17.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Vernal Fall 350 feet, Yosemite Valley
WATKINS, CARLETON
c. 1878-1881
Albumen silver print
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins (38.9 x 54 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Woman with pitcher in hand and young man’s head
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
Autumn Landscape
CROPSEY, JASPER FRANCIS
1875
Oil on canvas
14 x 24 ins. (35.7 x 61.1 cm)
Purchase, Endowment Acquisition Fund, Museum Acquisition Fund and Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Untitled
BONTECOU, LEE
1973
Silkscreen
Sheet: 9 x 12 ins. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Purchase, The Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund

Volunteer Invitation
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

Volunteer with The Muscarelle

Join our dedicated team of volunteers & docents, like-minded community members that contribute valuable support to the Museum and visitors, all while immersed in an inspiring environment of fine art and artists.

Become a Volunteer or Docent

Join the Mailing List