Museums

Admission is always free.

Two museums on the University of Richmond campus, open to everyone.

Harnett Museum of Art

Tuesday–Saturday
11 a.m.–5 p.m.

Lora Robins Gallery

Monday–Friday
11 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Exhibitions

All exhibitions

  • On View Now

    Shubigi Rao: All Our Elephants Are in Rooms

    Through April 24, 2027 Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art

    Since 2014, Shubigi Rao has undertaken research, documentation, and production of the ongoing project, Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book. On the surface, the project traces different histories of book banning and the destruction of knowledge in conflict zones throughout the world.

    About the exhibition: Shubigi Rao: All Our Elephants Are in Rooms

  • On View Now

    How Do Worlds Feel?

    Through December 5, 2026 Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art

    In partnership with the Hub for Student Inclusion and Community and the Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Richmond, this exhibition explores the question, “how do worlds feel?” by considering the somatic experiences of being part of a larger community, in connection with the natural world, and an autonomous self.

    About the exhibition: How Do Worlds Feel?

  • On View Now

    In/Between: Within/Outside

    Through April 24, 2027 Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art

    IN/BETWEEN: WITHIN/OUTSIDE brings together artists who examine how identity is shaped through encounters with censorship. Curated by Karine Nguyen, ’26, Malena Lo Prete, ’26, and Paige Pryor, ’26, as part of the course ARTH 324: Panic! at the Museum: Art and Censorship, the exhibition explores how restrictions on what can be seen or said create space for resistance, revision, and self-definition.

    About the exhibition: In/Between: Within/Outside
books with burned edges

Shubigi Rao: All Our Elephants Are in Rooms

On View Now

Since 2014, Shubigi Rao has undertaken research, documentation, and production of the ongoing project, Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book. On the surface, the project traces different histories of book banning and the destruction of knowledge in conflict zones throughout the world. However, this description is deceptive, a too-easy reading of the fate of contested, censored, or controversial books in an era of over politicization, fear mongering, war, and genocide. Rather, Rao’s work probes the vitality of knowledge bound between two covers and focuses instead on the ways in which knowledge is preserved through what we might call actionable hope.

Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art
About the exhibition
Little boy laying on his side playing with trains

How Do Worlds Feel

On View Now

In partnership with the Hub for Student Inclusion and Community and the Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Richmond, this exhibition explores the question, “how do worlds feel?” by considering the somatic experiences of being part of a larger community, in connection with the natural world, and an autonomous self. Drawn from the University of Richmond Museums collections, the artworks on view reflect on the embodiment of human life. 

Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art
About the exhibition
Artworks featuring beaded cuffs overlaid with handwritten notes

In/Between: Within/Outside

On View Now

IN/BETWEEN: WITHIN/OUTSIDE brings together artists who examine how identity is shaped through encounters with censorship. Curated by Karine Nguyen, ’26, Malena Lo Prete, ’26, and Paige Pryor, ’26, as part of the course ARTH 324: Panic! at the Museum: Art and Censorship, the exhibition explores how restrictions on what can be seen or said create space for resistance, revision, and self-definition.

Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art
About the exhibition
Glowing rock in the Lora Robins Gallery
Permanent Gallery

Lora Robins Gallery

The Lora Robins Gallery reopened in the Fall of 2025, and features a new design and a refined focus. Originally founded in 1977, the Gallery holds over 100,000 pieces ranging from Jurassic dinosaur fossils to rare gems, minerals, prehistoric shells, coral, fluorescent rocks and coins. The new installation will draw on the strengths of the permanent collection to showcase hundreds of minerals, rocks, fossils, and coins.

Lora Robins Gallery, Boatwright Library
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Museum Events

Nov 04
Music in the Museum
7:00 PM
Nov 13
Well-Being Concert: The Naghash Ensemble
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Nov 19
An Apéritif at the Harnett Museum with Dr. Kymberly S. Newberry
3:30 PM
Dec 03
Career Talk by Alum Mike Laposata
12:00 PM
Dec 03
Why Money Matters: Numismatics in 21st Century Scholarship
4:30 PM
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