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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
SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
1981
Lithograph
Sheet: 22 7/8 x 35 ins. (58.2 x 88.8 cm); Image: 22 1/8 x 33 1/2 ins. (56 x 85.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lithograph
Sheet: 22 7/8 x 35 ins. (58.2 x 88.8 cm); Image: 22 1/8 x 33 1/2 ins. (56 x 85.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
RICHTER, GERHARD
1968
Color collotype on light-weight, ivory wove paper
33 1/8 x 23 1/2 ins. (84.2 x 59.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Color collotype on light-weight, ivory wove paper
33 1/8 x 23 1/2 ins. (84.2 x 59.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
MELTZER, ANNA E.
1938
Oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 34 ins. (65.7 x 86.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 34 ins. (65.7 x 86.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WOODRUFF, HALE
c. 1968
Brush and ink on heavy cream wove paper
Sheet : 21 ½ x 27 5/8 ins. (54.8 x 70.8 cm) (irreg.)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Brush and ink on heavy cream wove paper
Sheet : 21 ½ x 27 5/8 ins. (54.8 x 70.8 cm) (irreg.)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ROMERO, CARA
2015
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 1/2 x 56 ins. (143.0 x 142.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 1/2 x 56 ins. (143.0 x 142.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
TOYA, MARVIN
1985
Walnut
Overall: 13 1/4 ins. (height) (33.4 cm); 4 5/8 ins. (width) (12.3 cm); 3 3/8 ins. (depth) (8.6 cm)
Gift of The Matthews Collection
Walnut
Overall: 13 1/4 ins. (height) (33.4 cm); 4 5/8 ins. (width) (12.3 cm); 3 3/8 ins. (depth) (8.6 cm)
Gift of The Matthews Collection
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1981
Cibachrome pinhole photograph
8 x 10 ins. (20.2 x 25.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Cibachrome pinhole photograph
8 x 10 ins. (20.2 x 25.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SLOAN, JOHN
1917
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 20 ¼ x 24 ¼ ins. (51.2 x 61.3 cm)
Anonymous gift in memory of Garner Anthony '53
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 20 ¼ x 24 ¼ ins. (51.2 x 61.3 cm)
Anonymous gift in memory of Garner Anthony '53
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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