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 MoreSelections from Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
October 14, 2025 — January 11, 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
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
43 3/4 x 16 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 41.9 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
MURA, FRANCESCO DE
Pen and ink, and wash
Sight: 7 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (20.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sight: 7 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (20.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
WALKINGSTICK, KAY
2017
Oil on wood panel
Panel A: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 ins. (76.8 x 76.8 cm); Panel B: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 ins. (76.8 x 76.8 cm) [Depth 2 ins. (5.1 cm); Overall: 30 1/4 x 60 1/16 ins. (76.8 x 152.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on wood panel
Panel A: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 ins. (76.8 x 76.8 cm); Panel B: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 ins. (76.8 x 76.8 cm) [Depth 2 ins. (5.1 cm); Overall: 30 1/4 x 60 1/16 ins. (76.8 x 152.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WHITE, MINOR
Circa 1959
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 ins. (20.6 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 ins. (20.6 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
MACWEENEY, ALEN
1963
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 13 x 19 ins. (32.9 x 48.3 cm) Image: 10 15/16 x 16 9/16 (27.8 x 42.2 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 13 x 19 ins. (32.9 x 48.3 cm) Image: 10 15/16 x 16 9/16 (27.8 x 42.2 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
IZBICKI, RAY
Mixed media (metal, wood, plastic, and paint)
9 7/8 h. x 6 w. 6 d. ins. (25.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation
9 7/8 h. x 6 w. 6 d. ins. (25.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation
FERNÁNDEZ, ADRIÁN
2019
Digital photograph
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Digital photograph
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LAFRANCE, HELEN
1997
Oil on canvas
18 x 36 ins. (45.8 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
18 x 36 ins. (45.8 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art 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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