The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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Plan your visit.
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 4, 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
BERNHARD, RUTH
1976 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 ins. (26.7 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 ins. (26.7 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LEWANDOWSKI, EDMUND
1986
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 32 1/8 x 26 ins. (81.5 x 66.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 32 1/8 x 26 ins. (81.5 x 66.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CANNON, TOMMY WAYNE called T.C. CANNON
1973
Linocut on paper
Sheet: 34 x 24 5/8 ins. (86.3 x 62.6 cm); Image: 24 x 22 in. (61 x 55.9 cm); Framed: 40 3/4 x 32 3/4 ins. (103.5 x 83.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Linocut on paper
Sheet: 34 x 24 5/8 ins. (86.3 x 62.6 cm); Image: 24 x 22 in. (61 x 55.9 cm); Framed: 40 3/4 x 32 3/4 ins. (103.5 x 83.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
COLE, WILLIE
2012
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ORTIZ, NORMA JEAN
Ceramic and paint
3 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins. (5.4 x 10.2 x14 cm) [irreg.] H x W x D
Gift of John and Mary Haskell
3 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins. (5.4 x 10.2 x14 cm) [irreg.] H x W x D
Gift of John and Mary Haskell
DE HOOGHE, ROMEYN
11/14/1677
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
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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