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Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal


Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, October 10, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness
Figure Drawing Monday: Anatomical Alignments
Figure Drawing Monday: Anatomical Alignments
Monday, October 12, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
11:00 AM
Tour
Art After Hours: Relief Printmaking
Art After Hours: Relief Printmaking
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
5:00 PM
W&M Students

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Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal

June 26, 2026 — January 3, 2027
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Photography From 1870 to Tomorrow: Pioneers and Innovators

June 2, 2026 — Ongoing
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Resilient Beauty: Selections from the Native American Art Collection

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
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The Great American Birthday Quilt

June 10, 2026 — Ongoing
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
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Lewis Cohen: Forms of Inquiry

August 28, 2026 — January 3, 2027
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Upcoming

Visions of the West

November 13, 2026 — February 21, 2027
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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.


Untitled (Albany name plates)
BRANDT, BILL
1945
Silver gelatin print
9 5/8 x 7 5/8 ins. (24.5 x 19.4 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
Totem
MORRISON, GEORGE
1999
Exotic woods on marble base
22 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 ins. (56.2 x 19.9 x 19.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Arcanum XI
RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT
1981
Silkscreen, silk collage, and hand-coloring
Sheet: 22 7/8 x 15 7/8 ins. (58.1 x 40.3 cm); Framed: 30 x 22 7/8 ins. (79.1 x 58.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
New York at Night
ABBOTT, BERENICE
1932 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 11/16 ins. (60.5 x 50.5 cm); Image: 22 x 17 3/8 ins. (55.9 x 44.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Landscape with moon and stars
BOLSWERT, SCHELTE ADAMS after PETER PAUL RUBENS [1577 - 1640]
1635 - 1640
Engraving
Sheet: 12 11/16 x 17 3/4 ins. (32.2 x 45.1 cm); Framed: 24 3/4 x 30 7/8 ins. (62.3 x 78.2 cm)
Gift of Thomas E. Thorne
Ocean Sunset
WAUGH, FREDERICK JUDD
Oil on board
Sight: 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 ins. (29.2 x 40.0 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
The Madonna of the Swallow
CARRACCI, ANNIBALE
1587
Engraving printed with tone on laid paper
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 ins. (16.4 x 13.0 cm); Image: 6 3/8 x 4 7/8 ins. (16.1 x 12.3 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Cat
BRASSAÏ
1950
Silver gelatin print
11 7/8 x 9 1/8 ins. (30.2 x 25 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss

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UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan

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