Muscarelle Museum of Art

Muscarelle Museum of Art
Muscarelle Museum of Art in 2009
Muscarelle Museum of Art is located in Virginia
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Location within Virginia
Established1983 (1983)
LocationCollege of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
TypeArt museum
AccreditationAmerican Alliance of Museums
Collection size6,000 objects
Websitemuscarelle.wm.edu
"Muscarelle" redirects here. Not to be confused with Muscarella.

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The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. While the Museum only dates to 1983, the university art collection has been in existence since its first gift – a portrait of the physicist Robert Boyle – in 1732. Most early gifts to William & Mary relate to its history or the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Gifts of portraiture were the foundation of the early collection and include many First Families of Virginia (FFV) including sitters from the Page, Bolling and Randolph families.[1]

  1. ^ "About the Muscarelle". Muscarelle Museum of Art. Retrieved 19 March 2017.