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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 4, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
Friday, September 4, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event
September 11 Open House
September 11 Open House
Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 PM
Special Event
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, September 12, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness

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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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.


The Sailmakers
van VLIET, JAN GEORG
c. 1632-1635
Etching
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 1/8 ins. (25.9 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.3 x 16.5 cm)
Bequest of Vernon Phillips Weaver
Saint Jerome Reading
de RIBERA, JUSEPE
c. 1624
Etching with engraving and drypoint
7 5/8 x 9 7/8 ins. (19.4 x 25.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Hard Core
DE MARIA, WALTER
1973
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 15/16 x 11 15/16 ins. (22.6 x 30.2 cm); Image: 4 9/16 x 11 15/16 ins. (11.7 x 30.2 cm)
Purchase, The Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
White Aspens and Hillside
PORTER, ELIOT
May 1975
Dye transfer print
Support: 27 1/8 x 31 1/8 ins. (68.8 x 79.0 cm); Image: 18 x 22 3/4 ins. (45.7 x 57.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Untitled
MORRISON, GEORGE
1957
Gouache and acrylic on paper
Sheet: 23 1/8 x 35 1/4 ins. (58.7 x 89.4 cm); Framed: 31 7/8 x 43 7/8 ins. (81.0 x 111.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Newborn Baby in Makeshift Crib near Cold Stove
SMITH, W. EUGENE
1951
Gelatin silver print
4 3/8 x 3 3/8 ins. (10.9 x 8.6 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Morning Prayer – Gunnar Holm
GROHS, HANS
Watercolor, pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 ins. (22.2 x 28.7 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Greg Louganis, Hawaii
MARKUS, KURT
1988
Silver gelatin print
16 3/4 x 13 1/8 ins.
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss

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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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