Muscarelle Museum of Art
Art museum in Williamsburg, Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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37.2679526°N 76.7158878°W / 37.2679526; -76.7158878
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Established | 1983 (1983) |
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Location | College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia |
Type | Art museum |
Accreditation | American Alliance of Museums |
Collection size | 6,000 objects |
Website | muscarelle |
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"Muscarelle" redirects here. Not to be confused with Muscarella.
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]