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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.


Andante in Yellow and Green
LUCIONI, LUIGI
1975
Oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 26 1/4 ins. (56 x 66.4 cm)
Acquired with funds provided by James H. Starkey III & Judith Forehand Starkey
Altered Landscape 12
NAMINGHA, MICHAEL
2021
Digital C. Print mounted to shaped acrylic
28 x 38 x 1 ins.
Selected by 2024 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Raccoon
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD
1887
Collotype
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 23 3/4 ins. (47.3 x 60.1 cm); Image: 8 1/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (20.5 x 38.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
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
Madre Segrada
HARDRIDGE, STARR
2023
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 36 ins.
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Two beggars
BLOEMAERT, ABRAHAM
Pen and ink
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/16 ins. (11.4 x 8.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Diogenes
DA CARPI, UGO after GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA called IL PARMIGIANINO [1503 – 1540]
c. 1525
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Image: 17 ¼ x 13 ¾ ins. (43.8 x 35.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
St. Vincent Ferrer preaching
MURA, FRANCESCO DE
Pen and ink, and wash
Sight: 7 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (20.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

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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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