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Figure Drawing Monday: Skeleton & Human Anatomy
Figure Drawing Monday: Skeleton & Human Anatomy
Monday, February 9, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Introducing Abstract Expressionism: An American Movement
Introducing Abstract Expressionism: An American Movement
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
5:00 PM
Lecture
Workshop: Storytelling Through Comics
Workshop: Storytelling Through Comics
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, February 13, 2026
10:30 AM
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On View

Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 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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Losing Todd: A Mother’s Journey

October 16, 2025 — March 15, 2026
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

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

June 7, 2025 — February 22, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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Upcoming

James Sullivan: Thinking Sculpture | Sculpture Thinking

February 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
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Collection Highlights

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


Augusto e la Sibilla Tiburtina (August and the Tiberian Sybil)
DA TRENTO, ANTONIO
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Sheet: 10 ½ x 13 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 34.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant’Angelo (View of the Bridge and Castel Sant’ Angelo [the Mausoleum of Hadrian])
PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
1754
Etching, state III/III
Sheet: 26 1/8 x 21 ¼ ins.(66.3 x 54.0 cm); Image: 22 7/8 x 14 ¾ ins. (58.2 x 37.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Green Triangle
KEYSER, ROBERT G.
1954 - 1957
Oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 57 3/4 ins. (97.2 x 146.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
Saüle I (Column I)
LONAS, JOSEPH HENRY
1963
Bronze
86 1/4 h. x 19 1/2 w. x 16 1/2 ins. d. (219.0 x 49.5 x 41.9 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
Male Nude with Shell, Hawaii
RITTS, HERB
1988
Platinum print
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (40.9 x 51.0 cm); Image: 15 3/8 x 19 3/8 ins. (39.9 x 49.3 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Untitled (Shark and pup with other fish)
WUNGULBA, MICKY
Ochre pigments on Eucalyptus bark
43 3/4 x 16 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 41.9 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Untitled
KAHN, WOLF
1968 - 1969
Oil on canvas
40 5/8 x 42 3/8 ins. (103.2 x 107.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Untitled
YOKOTA, DAISUKE
2022
Archival pigment print
71 x 57 ins. (180.3 x 144.8 cm)
Purchase, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment

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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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