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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
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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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A Long Silence
DUMAS, MARLENE
1989
Lithograph
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 17 1/2 ins. (50.5 x 44.4 cm); Image: 9 3/16 x 9 7/8 ins. (25.8 x 25.1 cm)
Maria Herman Lania Print Collection; Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
A Study of The Cenci
CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET
1870
Albumen print (adhered to a laid and chain paper support)
Image: 8 3/4 x 7 ins. (22.2 x 17.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Le Sainte Face (Veronica’s Veil)
MELLAN, CLAUDE
1649
Engraving
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 3/4 ins. (44.0 x 32.3 cm); Plate: 17 x 12 1/2 ins. (43.2 x 31.7 cm)
Purchase, Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
Master Ndebele Painter Esther Mahlangu, South Africa
BECKWITH, CAROL ||FISHER, ANGELA
1996
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 30 x 24 ins. (76.2 x 60.9 cm) Image: 28 x 21 3/8 ins. (71.1 x 54.4 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Lower Manhattan
FEININGER, ANDREAS B.L.
1941
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 30 1/8 x 40 5/8 ins. (76.4 x 102.3 cm); Image: 25 3/8 x 35 3/16 ins. (64.5 x 89.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry
Untitled
GOLDBERG, MICHAEL
1953
Oil on canvas
51 1/2 x 66 1/2 ins. (130 x 168.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
North Wales, Near Dolgelly
PERCY, SYDNEY RICHARD
1860
Oil on canvas
44 x 72 1/2 ins. (112.8 x 185.9 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Raccoon
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD
1887
Collotype
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 23 3/4 ins. (47.3 x 60.1 cm); Image: 8 1/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (20.5 x 38.5 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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