The Muscarelle Museum of Art
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
Learn MoreUpcoming
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
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1979
Cibachrome pinhole photograph
15 7/8 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.3 x 50.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Cibachrome pinhole photograph
15 7/8 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.3 x 50.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
MARAIS, ADOLPHE CHARLES
1879
Oil on canvas
42 x 69 1/2 ins. (106.7 x 176.5 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
42 x 69 1/2 ins. (106.7 x 176.5 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
WHITTREDGE, WORTHINGTON
Oil on paper, over board
Sight: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.8 x 38.7 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Sight: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.8 x 38.7 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
SEOWTEWA, ALEX
1993
Oil on canvas
32 3/4 x 37 1/2 ins. (83.3 x 95.3 cm)
Gift of Theodore and Diana Bodner
Oil on canvas
32 3/4 x 37 1/2 ins. (83.3 x 95.3 cm)
Gift of Theodore and Diana Bodner
EVERSLEY, FRED
2004
Cast polyester resin
21 x 21 x 5 ins. (53.3 x 53.3 x 12.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Cast polyester resin
21 x 21 x 5 ins. (53.3 x 53.3 x 12.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WEBER, MAX
1939
Oil on canvas
15 x 17 1/8 ins. (38.1 x 43.3 cm)
Bequest of Maynard J. Weber
Oil on canvas
15 x 17 1/8 ins. (38.1 x 43.3 cm)
Bequest of Maynard J. Weber
BENTON, THOMAS HART
1937
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (38.9 x 44.5 cm); Image: 9 1/2 x 12 ins. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (38.9 x 44.5 cm); Image: 9 1/2 x 12 ins. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1990
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/4 x 18 3/8 ins. (71.7 x 46.7 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
28 1/4 x 18 3/8 ins. (71.7 x 46.7 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
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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