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at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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On View
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Collection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
Explore the Collection:PaintingsDrawings and WatercolorsPrintsPhotographySculpture and ObjectsRecent Acquisitions
KANE, ART
1970 (printed 2021)
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 30 x 40 ins. (76.2 x 101.6 cm); Framed: 35 1/4 x 48 ins. (89.4 x 120.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 30 x 40 ins. (76.2 x 101.6 cm); Framed: 35 1/4 x 48 ins. (89.4 x 120.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BLAKE, WILLIAM
1825
Engraving
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (27.6 x 21.3 cm); Image: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 ins. (20 x 15 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Engraving
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (27.6 x 21.3 cm); Image: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 ins. (20 x 15 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
REAM, CARDUCIUS PLANTAGENET
Oil on canvas
12 1/4 x 10 ins. (30.7 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
12 1/4 x 10 ins. (30.7 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
NAKAMARRA, DOREEN REID
Acrylic on canvas
Frame: 24 ¾ x 48 3/8 ins. (62.7 x 122.7 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Frame: 24 ¾ x 48 3/8 ins. (62.7 x 122.7 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1995
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 x 28 ins. (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 x 28 ins. (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Attributed to GUÉRIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE PAULIN
1810 - 1830
Oil on canvas
Sight: 37 x 48 1/4 ins. (94 x 123 cm)
Gift of Patricia R. Van Zandt
Oil on canvas
Sight: 37 x 48 1/4 ins. (94 x 123 cm)
Gift of Patricia R. Van Zandt
DOLNICK, JUDITH
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 9 1/8 x 10 3/8 ins. (23.2 x 26.4 cm); Frame: 16 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (41.3 x 44.5 cm)
Purchase, Muscarelle Museum of Art Associates
Sight: 9 1/8 x 10 3/8 ins. (23.2 x 26.4 cm); Frame: 16 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (41.3 x 44.5 cm)
Purchase, Muscarelle Museum of Art Associates
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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