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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
CLARK, SONYA
1995
Handwoven silk and cotton
70 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. [irreg.] (179.1 x 33.7 cm); Framed: 22 1/2 x 79 1/2 ins. (57.1 x 202.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Handwoven silk and cotton
70 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. [irreg.] (179.1 x 33.7 cm); Framed: 22 1/2 x 79 1/2 ins. (57.1 x 202.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LONAS, JOSEPH HENRY
1963
Bronze
86 1/4 h. x 19 1/2 w. x 16 1/2 ins. d. (219.0 x 49.5 x 41.9 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
Bronze
86 1/4 h. x 19 1/2 w. x 16 1/2 ins. d. (219.0 x 49.5 x 41.9 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
PAINTER, NELL IRVIN
2012
Conté crayon and graphite on paper
Framed: 32 x 26 5/8 ins. (81.4 x 67.5 cm)
Conté crayon and graphite on paper
Framed: 32 x 26 5/8 ins. (81.4 x 67.5 cm)
BROWNE, GEORGE ELMER
c. 1928
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 50 ins. (76.2 x 127.0 cm); Framed: 37 1/2 x 57 1/2 ins. (95.3 x 146.1 cm)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 50 ins. (76.2 x 127.0 cm); Framed: 37 1/2 x 57 1/2 ins. (95.3 x 146.1 cm)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
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
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
LANKES, JULIUS JOHN
1/12/1925
Woodblock print, proof I
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 5/16 ins. (25.2 x 18.6 cm); Image: 6 13/16 x 4 15/16 ins. (17.3 x 12.6 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
Woodblock print, proof I
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 5/16 ins. (25.2 x 18.6 cm); Image: 6 13/16 x 4 15/16 ins. (17.3 x 12.6 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
UNKNOWN
Black and white chalk on blue paper
10 3/5 x 13 3/4 ins. (26.5 x 35.0 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
10 3/5 x 13 3/4 ins. (26.5 x 35.0 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
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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