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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine: March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025 Buy Tickets

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Michelangelo:
The Genesis of the Sistine

Now through June 1.

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Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
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Teen Metal Casting Camp
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Monday, August 4, 2025
9:00 AM
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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — June 1, 2025
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — June 8, 2025
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — August 18, 2025
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Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 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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Guanajuato, Guanajuato
CARRILLO, MANUEL
1960
Selenium-toned silver print
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/16 ins. (35.9 x 28.1 cm); Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)
Gift of Frank Christopher
Couple, Harlem
VAN DER ZEE, JAMES
1932, printed 1974
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 3/8 x 9 7/16 ins. (18.7 x 23.9 cm); Support: 12 1/2 x 15 ins. (31.7 x 38.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Saints Peter Martyr, Francis, and Mary Magdalen
UNKNOWN after ANDREA DEL SARTO [1486 - 1530]
Late- 16th Century
Black and red chalk
Sight: 14 11/16 x 10 11/16 ins. (37.2 x 27.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Untitled
LAM, WIFREDO
1967 (published 1971)
Color lithograph on Rives paper
Sheet: 26 x 19 7/8 ins. (66 x 55 cm); Image: 23 7/8 x 19 ¾ ins. (60.8 x 45.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Wine Speckled Water
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Via delle Tombe in Pompei
BAZZANI, LUIGI
1906
Watercolor
Image: 14 3/8 x 19 15/16 ins. (36.5 x 50.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Don’t B Afraid Its Just The Negro’es Playing dem Damn Drums again!
SIMMONS, DANNY
1997
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Newborn Baby in Makeshift Crib near Cold Stove
SMITH, W. EUGENE
1951
Gelatin silver print
4 3/8 x 3 3/8 ins. (10.9 x 8.6 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.

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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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