Museums at Washington & Lee University: Reeves Museum of Ceramics
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Directions to next stop ↗The Reeves Museum of Ceramics shares one of the largest and finest collections of ceramics in the United States, with hundreds of pieces from across the globe. The museum also spotlights the work of Louise Hereshoff Reeves, an early 20th-century American painter. Chinese and Japanese ceramics and engaging temporary exhibits are displayed in the Watson Galleries. The Watson House also holds an authentic Japanese Tea Room, with public tea demonstrations throughout the academic year. Closed in summer.
- Where
- 204 W Washington St, Lexington, VA 24450
- Phone
- +1 540-458-8476
About
Founded in 1967 with a gift of ceramics from alumnus Euchlin Reeves and his wife, the painter Louise Herreshoff, the Reeves Collection contains ceramics made in Asia, Europe, and the Americas between 1500 and today.These fragile yet durable objects tell stories of design, technology, and trade, and illustrate how people drank, dined and decorated their homes over the past five centuries.