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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: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, July 17, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, July 17, 2026
2:00 PM
Family
Counted Thread Bookmarks with Catherine Theron
Counted Thread Bookmarks with Catherine Theron
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
9:00 AM
Workshop
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 27, 2026
9:00 AM
FamilyWorkshop

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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 East End
MYERS, JEROME
c. 1930
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 40 1/4 ins. (76.4 x 102 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Capriccio
School of FRANCESCO GUARDI [1712 - 1793]
c. 1770
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 17 3/4 x 23 1/8 ( 45.1 x 58.7 cm); Sight: 17 3/8 x 22 5/8 ins.; Framed: 22 1/2 x 27 3/4 ins. (57.4 x 70.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Aux Courses (At the Races)
DUFY, JEAN
1957 - 1958
Oil on canvas
Sight: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 ins. (45.6 x 54.6 cm); Image: 25 1/4 x 29 1/4 ins. (64.0 x 74.2 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Rose A. Guy in honor of William and Mary President Thomas A. Graves, Jr.
The Farmer Twins, Stinesville, Indiana
WELPOTT, JACK
1958 (printed circa 1980?)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 7/8 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.5 x 29.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Adam and Eve
Attributed to van BIJLERT, JAN
1630
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 43 7/8 x 35 1/2 ins. (111.5 x 90.2 cm); Framed: 53 1/4 x 44 1/4 ins. (135.2 x 112.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Two naked boys with armor
van LEYDEN, LUCAS
Engraving
Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 1/16 ins. (8.2 x 10.3 cm)
Gift of Ralph Wark
Don’t B Afraid Its Just The Negro’es Playing dem Damn Drums again!
SIMMONS, DANNY
1997
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Sign in a Rainstorm
RUSCHA, ED
2021
Direct gravure printed in black and blue
Sheet: 28 1/2 x 24 1/4 ins. (72.4 x 62.2 cm); Image: 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 ins. (59.0 x 48.9 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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