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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
PORTER, ELIOT
May 1975
Dye transfer print
Support: 27 1/8 x 31 1/8 ins. (68.8 x 79.0 cm); Image: 18 x 22 3/4 ins. (45.7 x 57.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Dye transfer print
Support: 27 1/8 x 31 1/8 ins. (68.8 x 79.0 cm); Image: 18 x 22 3/4 ins. (45.7 x 57.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
HAMILTON, WILLIAM
1797
Oil on canvas
18 x 12 1/2 ins. (45.8 x 31.8 cm)
Oil on canvas
18 x 12 1/2 ins. (45.8 x 31.8 cm)
CASSATT, MARY
c. 1903 - 1904
Pencil on paper
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 ins. (28.9 x 20.0 cm); Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 ins. (22.2 x 15.6 cm)
Purchase, Joseph & Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Pencil on paper
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 ins. (28.9 x 20.0 cm); Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 ins. (22.2 x 15.6 cm)
Purchase, Joseph & Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
LONAS, JOSEPH HENRY
1956 - 1957
Bronze
91 3/4 h. x 28 w. x 21 ins. d. (233.1 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
Bronze
91 3/4 h. x 28 w. x 21 ins. d. (233.1 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
WHITE, CHRISTIAN
c. 1978
Oil on canvas
Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 ins. (78.9 x 94.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 ins. (78.9 x 94.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
MATHER, MARGRETHE
1930
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (19.2 x 24.4 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (19.2 x 24.4 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
ANDO HIROSHIGE
1832
Color woodblock print
9 1/4 x 14 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 35.9 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
Color woodblock print
9 1/4 x 14 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 35.9 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
FROST, JEFF
2015
Pigment print on Epson Archival Paper
32 x 48 ins. (81.3 x 121.9 cm); Framed: 42 3/4 x 85 5/8 ins. (108.5 x 148.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Pigment print on Epson Archival Paper
32 x 48 ins. (81.3 x 121.9 cm); Framed: 42 3/4 x 85 5/8 ins. (108.5 x 148.8 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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