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at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts

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Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
10:00 AM
Family
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
10:00 AM
Family
Conversation with Collector Christian Levett
Conversation with Collector Christian Levett
Thursday, January 22, 2026
4:00 PM
Lecture
Members’ Opening: Abstract Expressionists: The Women
Members’ Opening: Abstract Expressionists: The Women
Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event

On View

Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
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Losing Todd: A Mother’s Journey

October 16, 2025 — March 15, 2026
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 25, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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Upcoming

Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 2026
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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.

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Hanna Furnace Corp., Lakawanna, New York
LINDBERG, ARTHUR H.
1947
Oil on canvas board
16 x 20 ins. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Red Wall, Warmbad, Namibia
CAPP, KRISTIN
2014
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 24 x 30 ins. (61 x 76.2 cm); Image: 16.5 x 22 ins. (41.9 x 55.9 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Landscape
GOLDBERG, MICHAEL
1947
Oil on canvas
47 3/4 x 51 3/4 ins. (121.3 x 131.5 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Untitled still life
MAROGER, JACQUES
Oil on hardboard panel
Panel: 30 1/4 x 36 ins. (76.7 x 91.5 cm)
Gift of Cynthia Reasor Broten (W&M '75) in memory of her parents Lucy & Woody Reasor
Untitled
DREXLER, LYNNE
1991
Color pencil on wove paper
12 x 9 ins. (30.6 x 22.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Sailmakers
van VLIET, JAN GEORG
c. 1632-1635
Etching
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 1/8 ins. (25.9 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.3 x 16.5 cm)
Bequest of Vernon Phillips Weaver
General Toussaint L’Ouverture
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1986
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 3/8 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.1 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
Kathleen and Child
DATER, JUDY
1972 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 ins. (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

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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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