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


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 25, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, September 26, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session
MUSE: Autumnal Paint and Sip
MUSE: Autumnal Paint and Sip
Sunday, September 27, 2026
2:00 PM
W&M Students
Figure Drawing Monday: Continuous Line Drawing
Figure Drawing Monday: Continuous Line Drawing
Monday, September 28, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop

On View

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.


Protecting Assets
JACKSON, PRESTON
2005
Cast bronze
26 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 23 ins. [overall] (67.3 x 30.9 x 58.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Baked Potato with Butter
OLDENBURG, CLAES THURE
1972
Color lithograph
Sheet: 30 3/16 x 39 5/8 ins. (76.7 x 100.7 cm); Framed: 34 1/4 x 43 5/8 ins. (86.9 x 110.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
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
Untitled brass sculpture
HESS, EMIL JOHN
Brass
10 7/8 h. x 4 3/4 w. x 3 ins. d. (27.7 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation
Sketch for Glenn Close ‘Madame de Merteuil’ Costume
ACHESON, JAMES
1987
Pencil, ink, crayon and gouache on light brown paper
16 5/8 x 11 ¾ ins. (42.1 x 29.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Cochiti Maiden
ROMERO, DIEGO
2019
Clay and pigment
12 1/2 x 5 1/4 ins. (diameter x depth)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Children’s Choir Brooklyn
BUBLEY, ESTHER
1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 ins. (26.3 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Horsetails Through Window
BULLOCK, WYNN
Circa 1957
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins. (24.2 x 19.1 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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