Collections

Welcome to the Chrysler Museum of Art's collection that includes more than 30,000 works of art! Below you may browse selected groups of objects that feature either specific areas of the collection or current exhibitions from the Chrysler's collection.
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For 2013, the Chrysler Museum has relocated favorites from our renowned collection of American art to the historic Willoughby-Baylor House.

Come experience more than 50 of our best American paintings and sculptures—including works by John Singleton Copley, Albert Bierstadt, Susan Watkins, and Winslow Homer— in the intimate rooms of this restored 1794 home. All told, we are presenting two centuries of masterpieces in a fresh, new perspective.

Admission is free, and the exhibition is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 12–5 p.m.
As part of the Chrysler Museum Roadshow effort to keep our art on view during renovations, we present "Let's Go Shopping" at the Selden Arcade.
These works from the Chrysler Museum Collection, organized on a retail theme, provide an insightful look at a universal human experience. Eras and cultures change, but shopping endures.
The Chrysler’s Selden Arcade gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission is free.
The Selden Arcade is located at 208 E. Main St. in downtown Norfolk.
What makes meaning? Is it story and subject matter, or does an artist’s choice of material and how to use it have any impact? From paintings, sculptures, and etchings to photographs, lithographs, and fabric arts, the Art History faculty from Old Dominion University use works from the Chrysler Collection to showcase how the medium is part of the message.
The Gordon Art Galleries are open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. Admission is free.
Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries, located in University Village on the Campus of Old Dominion University, is located at 4509 Monarch Way.
Selected by the Curator of Glass, 2500 years of glass history can be viewed amongst these 100 highlights of the Museum's glass collection.
Collected in the first half of the twentieth century, the masks and tribal sculpture in the Chrysler represent a wide range of West and Central African cultures, including Cameroon, Gabon, and Mali.
The Chrysler holds works of art representing a range of cultures including Japan and India in addition to ceramics representing every major Chinese dynasty.
Thanks to the generosity of David L. Hack, the Chrysler's Civil War Photography is one of the greatest strengths of its photography collection.
The Chrysler's Egyptian collection includes the impressive sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb, known as a scorpion charmer and source for anti-venom.
Donated in large part by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., the European collection ranges from jewel-like Renaissance panel paintings, to French Old Master paintings, to bold early Modernist canvases.
Citizens and heroes of ancient Greece and Rome endure through works of art created in bronze, stone, and ceramics. The Chrysler also holds a significant collection of ancient glass.
Built in 1795, the Moses Myers House was home to a family of successful shipping merchants who were also Norfolk's first permanent Jewish residents. The majority of the furnishings are original to the home, including portraits, furniture, sheet music, and family papers. Most of the house has been restored to reflect its 19th century appearance, while special exhibits on the second floor demonstrate the importance of the Myers family to Norfolk's history.
Built in 1794 as the home of William Willoughby, this building now contains permanent and changing exhibit galleries showcasing Norfolk's evolving history as an international port and maritime center with strong ties to the United States military.
The Chrysler's collection of Mesoamerican ceramics and sculptures represents several major pre-Columbian cultures and contains important pieces created by the ancient Maya.
What makes meaning? Is it story and subject matter, or does an artist’s choice of material and how to use it have any impact? From paintings, sculptures, and etchings to photographs, lithographs, and fabric arts, the Art History faculty from Old Dominion University use works from the Chrysler Collection to showcase how the medium is part of the message.
Work made by Louis Comfort Tiffany includes lamps, leaded glass windows, pottery, mosaics, silver and metalwork. The Chrysler's collection of blown glass made by Tiffany is broadly representative with many unique and rare examples.