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

Now On View

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


Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
2:00 PM
Tour
Art After Hours: Silver Clay Jewelry
Art After Hours: Silver Clay Jewelry
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
5:00 PM
W&M StudentsWorkshop
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 25, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, September 26, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session

On View

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

Lewis Cohen: Forms of Inquiry

August 28, 2026 — January 3, 2027
Learn More

Collection Highlights

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


Ocean Sunset
WAUGH, FREDERICK JUDD
Oil on board
Sight: 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 ins. (29.2 x 40.0 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Four Horseback Riders in a Mountain Landscape
ADAMS, ANSEL
1928
Dassonville print
Sheet: 10 x 11 3/4 ins. (25.4 x 29.9 cm); Image: 5 3/5 x 7 5/8 ins. (14.5 x 19.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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
Peinetón
CORCUERA TERÁN, MARÍA SILVIA
1993-1996
Paper, gauze and wood with Styrofoam insert
43 1/4 x 35 3/8 x 7 1/2 ins. (109.9 x 89.9 x 19.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Adam and Eve
Attributed to van BIJLERT, JAN
1630
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 43 7/8 x 35 1/2 ins. (111.5 x 90.2 cm); Framed: 53 1/4 x 44 1/4 ins. (135.2 x 112.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Netsuke a rat
UNKNOWN
Ivory and red inlay
1 1/8 h. x 1 1/8 w. x 1 1/2 ins. d. (3.0 x 2.7 x 3.8 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE
1799
Etching and aquatint
Sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 ins. (30.4 x 20.1 cm); Plate: 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 ins. (21.5 x 15.1 cm) [irreg.]; Image: 7 3/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (18.2 x 12.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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

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