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


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 18, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Community Art Day
Community Art Day
Saturday, September 19, 2026
11:00 AM
ConcertFamilySpecial EventW&M Students
Figure Drawing Monday: Gesture and Contour
Figure Drawing Monday: Gesture and Contour
Monday, September 21, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
2:00 PM
Tour

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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.


Madrugada/Sunrise
SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
1974
Color lithograph
Sheet: 22 7/8 x 31 3/8 ins. (58.1 x 79.7 cm); Image: 21 5/8 x 30 1/8 ins. (54.9 x 76.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Morning Star
LANKES, JULIUS JOHN
c. 1940
Oil on unprimed plywood panel
23 3/4 x 19 5/8 ins. (60.3 x 49.8 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
Rose on the Half Shell III
FONSECA, HARRY
1981
Acrylic on heavy wove paper with glitter
30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.5 x 57.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Mother and Child – Sunlight
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Photogravure
5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (12.9 x 15.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Portrait of Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 – 1961)
KARSH, YOUSUF
1957
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 28 x 22 ins. (71.1 x 55.9 cm); Image: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 ins. (50.2 x 40.4 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Salmon Moves Upriver
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
Li’l Big Sister
SAAR, ALISON
2024
Woodcut / linoleum cut / dye / shellac and collage on Kozo and Rives BFK
53 3/4 x 29 ins. (136.5 x 73.7 cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by Ann ‘66 and Steve Critchfield
Totem
MORRISON, GEORGE
1999
Exotic woods on marble base
22 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 ins. (56.2 x 19.9 x 19.9 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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