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
The Norfolk Rooms
Aug 16 2014 - Dec 31 2019
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
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
Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence
Oct 18 2018 - Feb 24 2019
21 examples of abstract and figurative bead-work from South Africa
Emerge / Evolve: Rising Talents in Kilnformed Glass
Apr 5 2019 - Jul 28 2019
ten award-winning works of kilnformed glass
Eric Carle: Moonlit Nights & Other Illustrations
Jun 14 2019 - Sep 8 2019
80+ original works by the beloved picture book author and illustrator
Michael Menchaca: Dioses Nuevos
Jan 25 2019 - Jun 30 2019
References historical books with video game imagery, vibrant, graphic wall text, and sculpture
A Labor of Love: The Caregiver Portraits by D. Michael Geller
Feb 21 2019 - Jun 23 2019
25 photographs explore a range of caregiving relationships
Maizelle: Celebrate Me Home
Apr 13 2019 - Mar 29 2020
Chronicles the evolution of the Norfolk African American community
Thomas Jefferson Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals
Oct 15 2019 - Jan 10 2020
Examines the conflicting facets of Jefferson's architectural formation and practice
Watercolor, An American Medium
Feb 21 2019 - Jun 23 2019
Surveys the heights of the American watercolor movement from 1870 - 1940