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


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
Muscarelle in Your Classroom: A Lunch & Learn for W&M Faculty
Muscarelle in Your Classroom: A Lunch & Learn for W&M Faculty
Thursday, October 15, 2026
12:15 PM
Information SessionW&M Faculty

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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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Lewis Cohen: Forms of Inquiry

August 28, 2026 — January 3, 2027
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
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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.


The Family
OLUGEBEFOLA, ADEMOLA
1971
Color lithograph
27 1/4 x 20 1/4 ins. (69.2 x 50.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled (View of Wilmington)
LOPER, EDWARD L. SR.
1954
Oil on linen canvas
22 1/4 x 27 1/8 ins. (56.5 x 68.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Nancy and Olivia
NEEL, ALICE
1982
Color lithograph
Image: 26 1/16 x 23 15/16 ins. (66.1 x 60.8 cm); Sheet: 31 3/16 x 28 3/16 ins. (79.2 x 71.5 cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by Ann ‘66 and Steve Critchfield
Edge of Town
BROWNE, GEORGE ELMER
c. 1928
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 50 ins. (76.2 x 127.0 cm); Framed: 37 1/2 x 57 1/2 ins. (95.3 x 146.1 cm)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Melancolia I
DÜRER, ALBRECHT
1514
Engraving
9 3/8 x 7 5/16 ins. (23.8 x 18.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Netsuke of a smiling elephant
UNKNOWN
c. 1900
Ivory
1 3/8 h. x 1 w. x 2 ins. d. (3.4 x 2.6 x 5.0 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
WHITE, CHARLES
1959
Linoleum print, edition of 20
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 50 1/8 ins. (46 x 127.3 cm); Image: 12 x 45 ins. (30.5 x 114.3 cm); Framed: 20 3/4 x 52 1/2 ins. (53 x 133.4 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowment Fund
Maya Angelou
MOUTOUSSAMY-ASHE, JEANNE
1993
Silver print with hand coloring
Sheet: 14 x 11 ins. (35.4 x 27.9 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 10 ½ ins. (26.9 x 26.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

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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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