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


Curator’s Tour – Forever Marked By The Day
Curator’s Tour – Forever Marked By The Day
Thursday, October 8, 2026
1:00 PM
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Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, October 9, 2026
10:30 AM
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Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, October 10, 2026
10:30 AM
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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 Rudder, Liverpool
COBURN, ALVIN LANGDON
1906
Halftone
Image: 8 3/8 x 6 5/8 ins. (21.1 x 16.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Alder Speaks of Feasts
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Untitled
SOLDEVILLA, LOLÓ
1956
Oil on canvas laid to board
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Horse
MARINI, MARINO
1951
Bronze on wood base
12 3/8 h. x 9 1/2 w. x 5 ins. d. (31.4 x 24.1 x 12.7cm)Base: 1 3/4 h. x 8 w. x 5 3/8 ins. d. (4.4 x 20.3 x 13.6cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
Wendat Floral
SMITH, RICHARD ZANE
2016
Oklahoma clay (processed by the artist); clay slips
13 3/4 ins. H (35.0 cm) [Circumference 40 ins. (101.6 cm)]
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Steps
BOND, HOWARD
1995
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Virginia A. Lascara '81
Life is Altogether
DIAL, THORNTON
1994
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Mnemosyne
ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL
c. 1878-1881
Graphite on paper
7 1/8 x 4 3/8 (18.2 x 11.1 cm)
Gift of Sheila (W&M ’78) and Terry Meyers (Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus)

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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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