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America’s Tapestry: 13 Colonies. 13 Stories. 1 Nation. and Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 11, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
September 11 Open House
September 11 Open House
Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 PM
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Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, September 12, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 18, 2026
10:30 AM
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On View

America’s Tapestry: 13 Colonies. 13 Stories. 1 Nation.

June 19, 2026 — September 6, 2026
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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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Collection Highlights

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


Self Portrait with Gus
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1974
Acrylic on canvas
60 ½ x 72 ins.
Gift of Willie Anne Wright in honor of Thomas Thorne
Silo
BUSWELL, RICHARD S.
2004
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Pietà
CARRACCI, AGOSTINO after PAOLO VERONESE (PAOLO CALIARI) [1528–1588]
1582
Engraving
15 5/8 x 11 3/8 ins. (39.8 x 28.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled
CARREÑO, MARIO
1956
Oil on linen
Framed: 37 5/8 x 25 3/8 ins. (95.5 x 64.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lar
LONAS, JOSEPH HENRY
1956 - 1957
Bronze
19 3/4 h. x 6 3/8 w. x 5 1/2 ins. d. (50.2 x 16.2 x 14.1 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Margaret C. Lonas
Japanese Combs
MATHER, MARGRETHE
1930
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (19.2 x 24.4 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Yellow Magpie
BASKIN, LEONARD
1973
Lithograph printed in four colors on Velin d'Arches paper
Framed: 44 3/4 x 32 3/4 ins. (113.5 x 83.2 cm)
Gift of Barbara Waal
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

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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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