The Chrysler Museum of Art collection is varied and comprehensive. Holdings range from galleries of ancientEgyptian, Greco-Roman, Islamic, East Asian, African and Pre-Columbian material, to more than 4,000 photographic objects, many from the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement.
Notable is the collection of glass, with more than 10,000 objects spanning 3,000 years. American and European Painting and Sculpture ranges from works by Renaissance masters to bold early modernist canvases. The collection of modern European and American art is notable for its variety and its individual masterpieces from the early 20th-century School of Paris to the American Scene movement of the 1930s and ‘40s.
Exhibitions & Dates
Adeline's Portal
Mar 29 2013 - Dec 31 2018
Everyday objects translated into a glass installation.
The Norfolk Rooms
Aug 16 2014 - Dec 31 2018
The history of this heritage port city in paintings, sculpture, furniture, silver and more.
Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century
Nov 16 2018 - Apr 28 2019
Themes of globalism, ideological conflict, technology, science, and philosophy
Multiple Modernisms
Nov 17 2017 - Jan 31 2019
Showcasing the breadth and depth of the Museum’s collection
Piranesi's Prisons: Legacy and Context
Apr 26 2018 - Sep 9 2018
Large-scale architectural etchings of fantastical, complex spaces far more punishing than bars and gates
Promise and Perception: The Enchanted Landscapes of Sibylle Peretti
Mar 15 2018 - Sep 9 2018
Portraying in glass the beautiful yet disrupted relationship between humans and the natural world
Photographs Take Time: Pictures from the Chrysler Collection
Apr 6 2018 - Aug 12 2018
Spanning photographic history from 19th-century daguerreotypes to contemporary photographs
The Art of Revolution: Chinese Propaganda Posters - from the Collection of Shaomin Li
Mar 2 2018 - Jun 24 2018
Glimpses of political and social realities over time through 20+ posters, sketches, and books
Looking Back to the Future: Norfolk Renewal in Photographs by Carroll H. Walker
Apr 21 2018 - Mar 31 2019
Photographs capture the destruction and revival of Norfolk
Henri Farré and the Birth of Combat Aviation
Sep 28 2018 - Jan 27 2019
Paintings document the birth of military aviation
Vik Muniz: Photography and the Rebirth of Wonder
Jul 13 2018 - Oct 14 2018
Works from unusual materials resemble well-known images from art history
Ezra Wube: Tales of Home
Jul 10 2018 - Dec 30 2018
5 stop-motion animation videos about urban life in Addis Ababa
From Ansel Adams to Infinity
Sep 21 2018 - Jan 27 2019
Showcases a complete 25-piece Museum Set Edition of Fine Prints
Watercolor, An American Medium
Feb 21 2019 - Jun 23 2019
Surveys the heights of the American watercolor movement from 1870 - 1940