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


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, October 9, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, October 10, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, October 10, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session
Figure Drawing Monday: Anatomical Alignments
Figure Drawing Monday: Anatomical Alignments
Monday, October 12, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop

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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.


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
Drifter
KENT, ROCKWELL
1933
Wood engraving
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 12 1/16 ins. (28.6 x 30.6 cm); Image: 5 7/16 x 6 15/16 ins. (13.8 x 17.7 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowmnet Fund and Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
The Messiah
WEST, BENJAMIN
1814
Oil on panel
51 x 39 1/4 ins. (129.5 x 99.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Laundry Day at W. North Street
van GENT EDELL, JOSIE
circa 1982
Watercolor
15 1/8 x 20 ins. (38.4 x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Anne Sellin
Untitled (harness race)
LAFRANCE, HELEN
1997
Oil on canvas
18 x 36 ins. (45.8 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Fugitive Figure
COHEN, LEWIS
1990
Bronze
42 1/2 x 8 x 12 1/4 ins. (107.9 x 20.3 x 31.1 cm)
Gift of the artist
Lower East Side
FOX, JON GILBERT
1967
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 ins. (20.5 x 25.4 cm); Image: 6 1/2 x 8 5/8 ins. (16.5 x 21.9 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Woman Kneeling by Stones (Kniende am Stein)
HECKEL, ERICH
1913-1914
Woodcut printed in gray, black and blue ink on tan laid paper
Sheet: 26 1/2 x 20 1/8 ins. (67.3 x 51.2 cm); Image: 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins. (49.5 x 31.9 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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