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at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts

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Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, February 13, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, February 14, 2026
10:30 AM
Special Event
Figure Drawing Monday: Value & Tone
Figure Drawing Monday: Value & Tone
Monday, February 16, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, February 21, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session

On View

Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 2026
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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 — February 22, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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Upcoming

James Sullivan: Thinking Sculpture | Sculpture Thinking

February 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
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Collection Highlights

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


Salk Institute of Biological Research, Louis Kahn, La Jolla, CA
STOLLER, EZRA
c. 1977
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 16 x 20 ins. (40.7x 50.7 cm); Image: 12 ¼ x 17 7/8 ins. (31.1 45.3 cm)
Portait of Alvin Langdon Coburn
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD
1906
Photogravure printed on tissue
Image: 8 3/8 x 6 3/8 ins. (21.2 x 16.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Le Port de Martigues
de VLAMINCK, MAURICE
1922
Woodcut
Sheet: 16 x 19 ¼ ins. (40.8 x 58.8 cm); Image: 13 3/8 x 16 ¼ ins (34.0 x 41.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Ocean Sunset
WAUGH, FREDERICK JUDD
Oil on board
Sight: 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 ins. (29.2 x 40.0 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Promontory by the American Falls, Niagara
HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS
1878
Charcoal on light gray paper
Sight: 10 3/16 x 15 5/8 ins. (25.4 x 39.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Amongst the Rocks and Crags
EBERLE, EDWARD SAMUEL
1992
Porcelain, wheel thrown and altered, terra sigillata
12 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 6 9/16 ins. diam. (33.0 x 18.1 x 16.8 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Horsetails Through Window
BULLOCK, WYNN
Circa 1957
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins. (24.2 x 19.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Swearing In
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1977
Color screenprint
18 1/8 x 28 1/8 ins. (45.9 x 71 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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