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The Muscarelle Museum of Art
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Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Opening February 8, 2025

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Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 6-11
Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 6-11
Monday, January 13, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop
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Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 12-18
Monday, January 13, 2025
11:30 AM
Workshop
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Volunteer Information Session
Friday, January 31, 2025
12:00 PM
Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Volunteer Information Session
Friday, January 31, 2025
5:30 PM
Information Session

Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture

February 7, 2024 — May 30, 2025
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — May 28, 2025
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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — May 28, 2025
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Collection Highlights

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

Explore Highlights from the Collection

Mountain Salute (Bergrüßung)
MACKE, AUGUST
1912-1913
Linoleum cut on heavy cream wove paper
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 11 ins. (34.7 x 28 cm); Image: 9 ½ x 7 ¾ ins. (24.2 x 19.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Mother of Us All
KEYSER, ROBERT G.
1954
Oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 58 ins. (97.2 x 147.3 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
Ancient Twins II
LOMAHAFTEWA, DAN
Monotype on paper
Framed: 37 3/4 x 32 1/2 ins. (95.8 x 82.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
School Girl, St. Croix
KANAGA, CONSUELO
1963 (printed 1970s?)
Gelatin silver print
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (34.3 x 24.2 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Mother and Child
CADMUS, PAUL
1935
Etching
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 7/8 ins. (20.2 x 12.4 cm); Plate: 4 7/16 x 3 7/16 ins. (11.3 x 8.8 cm)
Gift of Ralph H. Wark
Untitled (harness race)
LAFRANCE, HELEN
1997
Oil on canvas
18 x 36 ins. (45.8 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Soldier in a Madhouse II (Soldat im Irrenhaus II)
FELIXMÜLLER, CONRAD
1918
Transfer lithograph on light cream, thin, smooth wove Japanese paper
16 x 12 1/8 ins. (40.6 x 30.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
General Toussaint L’Ouverture
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1986
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 3/8 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.1 x 47 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation 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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