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The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts

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Figure Drawing Monday: Extended Poses II
Figure Drawing Monday: Extended Poses II
Monday, April 27, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, May 1, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
First Friday
First Friday
Friday, May 1, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event

On View

James Sullivan: Thinking Sculpture | Sculpture Thinking

February 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
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First Looks & Favorites from the Permanent Collection

February 28, 2026 — June 7, 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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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
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Upcoming

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

June 19, 2026 — September 6, 2026
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Collection Highlights

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


Untitled (Screaming Indian)
SCHOLDER, FRITZ
1973
Color lithograph
Framed: 34 7/8 x 23 3/8 ins.
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Palo Verdea
WHITEHORSE, EMMI
2007
Oil and chalk on paper mounted to canvas
51 1/2 x 78 5/8 ins. (130.2 x 199.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Summer Chanters
NAMINGHA, DAN
1991
Acrylic on canvas
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Blue Corn
PRATT, CHARLES
c. 1984
Metal, turquoise, coral
Length: 11 ins. (27.9 cm); Width: 4 1/2 ins. (11.2 cm); Height: 4 1/8 ins. (10.3)
Gift of William and Marie Palmer
Portrait of the Reverend James Blair (c. 1655 – 1743)
BRIDGES, CHARLES
c. 1735 - 1743
Oil on canvas
49 x 39 5/8 ins. (124.5 x 100.6 cm)
South German farm scene
DORNER, JOHANN JACOB THE ELDER
Pen and ink, and wash
Sight: 6 3/4 x 8 13/16 ins. (17.1 x 22.4 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Untitled
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
Brooks Brothers, WTC
HEMMERLE, SEAN
2001 (printed 2016)
Digital chromatic print
Sheet: 30 x 36 ins. (76.0 x 91.0 cm); Framed: 35 3/4 x 42 1/4 ins. (90.8 x 107.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art 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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