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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
van de VELDE THE ELDER, WILLEM
1677
Graphite on paper
Framed: 22 1/8 x 38 1/4 ins. (56 x 97.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Graphite on paper
Framed: 22 1/8 x 38 1/4 ins. (56 x 97.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
JACK, MARLENE
1977
Raku-fired stoneware
4 x 18 x 18 ins. (10.2 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Raku-fired stoneware
4 x 18 x 18 ins. (10.2 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1994
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.3 x 47 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 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.3 x 47 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
MICHALS, DUANE
1965
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 14 ins. (28.2 x 35.4 cm); Image: 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 ins. (17.0 x 25.1 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 14 ins. (28.2 x 35.4 cm); Image: 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 ins. (17.0 x 25.1 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
GAUGUIN, PAUL
Plate 1894; printed post posthumously after 1966
Etching
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 52.0 cm); Plate: 10 1/2 x 16 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 42.2 cm)
Gift from the collection of C. Patrick Laughlin, MD, in memory of Marge Gieseking
Etching
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 52.0 cm); Plate: 10 1/2 x 16 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 42.2 cm)
Gift from the collection of C. Patrick Laughlin, MD, in memory of Marge Gieseking
MOUTOUSSAMY-ASHE, JEANNE
1993
Silver print with hand coloring
Sheet: 14 x 11 ins. (35.4 x 27.9 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 10 ½ ins. (26.9 x 26.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Silver print with hand coloring
Sheet: 14 x 11 ins. (35.4 x 27.9 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 10 ½ ins. (26.9 x 26.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
1950
Ferrotyped silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins. (26.3 x 34.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Ferrotyped silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins. (26.3 x 34.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
GROHS, HANS
1912
Oil on canvas
37 7/8 x 29 5/8 ins. (96.2 x 75.2 cm)
Gift of the Frauken Grohs Collinson - Grohs Collinson Trust in honor of Miles and Marcial Chappell for the 25th Anniversary of the Muscarelle Museum of Art
Oil on canvas
37 7/8 x 29 5/8 ins. (96.2 x 75.2 cm)
Gift of the Frauken Grohs Collinson - Grohs Collinson Trust in honor of Miles and Marcial Chappell for the 25th Anniversary of the Muscarelle Museum of Art
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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