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Muscarelle Museum of Art The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a laboratory for learning with an encyclopedic collection of over 6,000 artworks. Check www.muscarelle.org for updates!
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The Muscarelle Museum of Art located at Lamberson Hall on the campus of William & Mary is a culturally rich art institution, serving as a dynamic resource for our community, a working laboratory for William & Mary, and a platform for visiting exhibitions and the museum’s own collection. Through staff commitment, faculty expertise, student service, and community collaboration, the Museum is proud to bring to life many opportunities and experiences.

🗓️🎃MARK YOUR CALENDARS🎃This upcoming week is filled with many exciting events af the Muscarelle! Including the annual Mu...
10/24/2026

🗓️🎃MARK YOUR CALENDARS🎃
This upcoming week is filled with many exciting events af the Muscarelle! Including the annual Muscaween event by Museum University Student Engagement 👻
‼️Be sure to reserve your spot for workshops and lectures at Muscarelle.wm.edu in addition to museum hours and more!

Join us on Tuesday, October 27 at 5 PM for the next installment of our Muscarelle Explorations lecture series! The World...
10/24/2026

Join us on Tuesday, October 27 at 5 PM for the next installment of our Muscarelle Explorations lecture series!

The World Trade Center site has been through two redevelopment phases — first to construct the iconic Twin Towers, and then to create the urban village that replaced them following their destruction. In this talk, Muscarelle Director David Brashear will discuss the architects and the architectural and design innovations that have twice made the site one of the finest urban environments in the world.

This talk will take place in the Event Hall at the Muscarelle Museum of Art. Free and open to all. Registration is encouraged. Visit muscarelle.wm.edu/events to secure your spot!

💚Happy Homecoming💛As William & Mary celebrates Homecoming, we invite all to visit the Muscarelle to see this masterpiece...
10/23/2026

💚Happy Homecoming💛

As William & Mary celebrates Homecoming, we invite all to visit the Muscarelle to see this masterpiece of 💚 Green & Gold 💛 now on view in 18th-20th Century American Paintings.

The artwork of Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988) was influenced by a series of trips he made to Europe in the 1920s, where he spent time in museums learning the paintings of the great masters. His attraction to the works of the titans of the Italian Renaissance became embedded in his own artistic approach. While many of his contemporaries were drawn to abstraction, Lucioni developed a style that was deeply realistic. His "Andante in Yellow and Green" is an outstanding reflection of the artist’s body of work, incorporating his signature yellow tone, his masterful rendering of draped fabrics, his realistic depiction of fruit and his nearly-trompe l’oeil presentation of weathered wood.

LUIGI LUCIONI | American (born Italy), 1900–1988 | Andante in Yellow and Green, 1975 | Oil on canvas | © Artist estate | Acquired with funds provided by James H. Starkey III & Judith Starkey

10/21/2026

The spirits are restless for MUSCAWEEN! 🎃👻 Join us Wednesday, October 28th from 7-9PM for spooky treats, art activities, live DJ and COSTUME CONTEST with $200 cash prize! 🏆 Dress in your spookiest attire! Three honorable mentions will receive a $50 gift certificate to the Museum Gift Shop and Cafe ☕️

We hope to see you there! 👻🎃🍂

👻Do you have a prize-worthy Halloween costume? 🎃Do you like spooky snacks and treats? 🍁Are you a fan of autumnal arts an...
10/20/2026

👻Do you have a prize-worthy Halloween costume?
🎃Do you like spooky snacks and treats?
🍁Are you a fan of autumnal arts and crafts?
🕴️Are you excited to show off your costume?

Calling all W&M students to the second annual MUSCAWEEN on Wednesday, October 28th, from 7-9pm at the Muscarelle Museum of Art! Enjoy a live DJ, trick or treating in the galleries, art activities, snacks, desserts, apple c***r and more!

There are a few tickets remaining for this year's Oyster Roast on Sunday, Oct. 25! This beloved annual event is hosted b...
10/16/2026

There are a few tickets remaining for this year's Oyster Roast on Sunday, Oct. 25! This beloved annual event is hosted by Tom & Cindy Gillman at their home in Barhamsville and features amazing food, live music, beautiful river views, and wonderful company. Tickets include round-trip coach transportation to and from Williamsburg. Learn more at: https://muscarelle.wm.edu/event/ole-virginia-oyster-roast-low-country-boil/

Adrián Fernández’s “Untitled No. 18” (2019) reflects the artist’s interest in photography as a means of documenting and ...
10/14/2026

Adrián Fernández’s “Untitled No. 18” (2019) reflects the artist’s interest in photography as a means of documenting and interpreting cultural identity. Born in Havana, Cuba, Fernández draws on imagery, symbols and visual traditions to explore how societies represent their histories, ideologies and collective identities. His photographic practice considers how images can function as more than records of a moment, becoming symbols that preserve memory and communicate ideas across time and place.

There’s more to discover beyond the frame. Visit “Photography from 1870 to Tomorrow: Pioneers and Innovators” and see what catches your eye!

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Adrián Fernández | Untitled No. 18, 2019 | Inkjet print with archival pigment ink on Epson Glossy 260gsm with matte laminate on Dibond | 23 ⅗ × 23 ⅗ × 1 in. (59.9 × 59.9 × 2.5 cm) | © Adrián Fernández | Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment | 2023.036

Master A:shiwi (Zuni) potter Catalina Zunie devoted herself to keeping the ceramic traditions of her people viable in th...
10/12/2026

Master A:shiwi (Zuni) potter Catalina Zunie devoted herself to keeping the ceramic traditions of her people viable in the twentieth century. The construction of Zuni pottery is done with careful attention to rituals and prayers for each part of the ceramic process. Made to hold water, a precious element for the Zuni people, Zunie has decorated this pot with stylized rain clouds and water birds. In the skilled hands of Mother Zunie, clay and paint have become a physical manifestation of a Zuni prayer for rain.

Opening on March 5, 2027, “At One with the Earth: Kinship, Friendship and Traditions in Zuni Ceramics” explores the stylistic elements in Zuni pottery traditions. Curated by Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, the exhibition will have programming that includes visiting elders from Zuni to offer Native perspectives on the exhibition.

CATALINA ZUNIE | American (Zuni), 1862-1949 | Water Jar, c. 1890 | Polychrome earthenware | Gift of Burt Meyers in memory of his mother, Mrs. Sallie Key Meyers | 2017.085

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s combination of abstract elements and representational imagery communicates her connectedness ...
10/09/2026

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s combination of abstract elements and representational imagery communicates her connectedness to past generations and those generations yet to come. Merging color with the expressive possibilities of modern art this work looks at Indigenous heritage and cultural artifacts through a distinctly contemporary Native lens. Leaning into Tourist Season, we are confronted with the sharp outlines of pre-Columbian petroglyphs, whose undecipherable markings were made by ancient Native ancestors of long ago. The presence of a multistoried adobe structure whose distinctive architectural features draw tourists to the Southwest is an expression of differing cultural perspectives about the impact of cultural tourism on Native and non-Native people in the region.

View this work and more in "Resilient Beauty: Selections from the Native American Art Collection," on view now in Gallery 9! Join a docent-led exhibition tour on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM.

JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE SMITH | American (Salish/Kootenai), 1940-2025 | Tourist Season, 1988 | Acrylic and pastel on paper | Purchase, Museum Purchase Funds | 1997.103

Meet Zeeshan, one of our amazing gallery monitors here at the Muscarelle this fall! His favorite work on view is “The Ba...
10/06/2026

Meet Zeeshan, one of our amazing gallery monitors here at the Muscarelle this fall! His favorite work on view is “The Battle of Dunkirk” by John Singleton Copley, which can be found in one of our American Paintings galleries.

JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY | American, 1738-1815 | The Battle of Dunkirk, c. 1814 | Oil on canvas | Gift of John Stewart Bryan | 1937.013

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