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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
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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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Camera Movement on Flashlight
CALLAHAN, HARRY
1946 -1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 ins. (11.3 x 8.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
TV Indians
ROMERO, CARA
2017
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 61 x 41 ins. (154.9 x 104.1 cm); Image: 55 x 36 ins. (139.7 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds from Ann Marie Stock and David Brashear
Pan of Rohallion
MACMONNIES, FREDERICK WILLIAM
1890
Bronze
30 h. x 10 3/8 w. x 10 1/2 ins. d. (75. 2 x 26.4 x 26.7 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Water Memory
ROMERO, CARA
2015
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 3/8 x 56 1/4 ins. (143.1 x 142.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Corn Maiden
TOYA, MARVIN
1985
Walnut
Overall: 13 1/4 ins. (height) (33.4 cm); 4 5/8 ins. (width) (12.3 cm); 3 3/8 ins. (depth) (8.6 cm)
Gift of The Matthews Collection
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
On the Wind Series VI
CHEN, ROBERT
2006
Mixed media on canvas
Framed: 60 x 60 ins. (152.4 x 152.4 cm); Canvas: 51 1/4 x 51 1/4 ins. (130 x 130 cm)
Gift of the artist
Disrobing of Christ
WOLGEMUT, MICHAEL
Woodblock print with printed text and tempera embellishments on back
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 11/16 ins. (26.6 x 19.5 cm); Image: 9 7/8 x 7 1/16 ins. (25.1 x 17.9 cm)
Gift of the Carnegie Collection

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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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