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 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
NEEL, ALICE
1982
Color lithograph
Image: 26 1/16 x 23 15/16 ins. (66.1 x 60.8 cm); Sheet: 31 3/16 x 28 3/16 ins. (79.2 x 71.5 cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by Ann ‘66 and Steve Critchfield
Color lithograph
Image: 26 1/16 x 23 15/16 ins. (66.1 x 60.8 cm); Sheet: 31 3/16 x 28 3/16 ins. (79.2 x 71.5 cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by Ann ‘66 and Steve Critchfield
SCHOLDER, FRITZ
1973
Color lithograph
Framed: 34 7/8 x 23 3/8 ins.
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Color lithograph
Framed: 34 7/8 x 23 3/8 ins.
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
AVERY, MILTON
1953
Oil on canvas board
Canvas board: 9 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.9 x 29.2 cm); Framed: 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 ins. (30.5 x 42.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas board
Canvas board: 9 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.9 x 29.2 cm); Framed: 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 ins. (30.5 x 42.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1998
Gelatin silver pinhole photograph
13 x 17 ins. (33 x 43.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver pinhole photograph
13 x 17 ins. (33 x 43.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE
1923
Woodcut
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 ins. (23.4 x 19.5 cm); Image: 5 15/16 x 6 13/16 ins. (15.1 x 17.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard France
Woodcut
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 ins. (23.4 x 19.5 cm); Image: 5 15/16 x 6 13/16 ins. (15.1 x 17.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard France
HARPIGNIES, HENRI-JOSEPH
1904
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (16.1 x 24.6 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (16.1 x 24.6 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
AIGNER, LUCIEN
1940
Gelatin silver print
Image: 12 x 8 3/8 ins. (30.4 x 20.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
Image: 12 x 8 3/8 ins. (30.4 x 20.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WEST, BENJAMIN
1814
Oil on panel
51 x 39 1/4 ins. (129.5 x 99.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on panel
51 x 39 1/4 ins. (129.5 x 99.5 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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