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A New Season at the Muscarelle

Explore exhibitions, public programs, and works from the collection.


Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, June 19, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, June 19, 2026
2:00 PM
Family
America’s Tapestry Stitching Showcase
America’s Tapestry Stitching Showcase
Sunday, June 21, 2026
2:00 PM
Special Event
Stitching America’s Tapestry: A Panel Discussion
Stitching America’s Tapestry: A Panel Discussion
Sunday, June 21, 2026
4:00 PM
LectureSpecial Event

On View

18th-20th Century American Paintings

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
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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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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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Upcoming

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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Collection Highlights

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


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
The Adoration of the Shepherds
GOLTZIUS, HENDRICK
c. 1598-1600
Engraving, state III/V
Sheet: 8 ½ x 6 5/16 ins. (21.7x 16.1 cm); Image: 8 x 6 1/16 ins. (20.4 x 15.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Saint Potentinus
UNKNOWN
c. 1500
Pen and brown ink
Sheet: 10 3/16 x 6 1/8 ins. (25.9 x 15.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
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
Untitled polychrome pot, parrot motif
CLASHIN, DEBBIE
2017
Clay, pigment
6 5/8 h. x 13 7/8 d. x 43 circ. ins. (16.8 x 35.2 x 109.2 cm)
Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D.
Rhythm with Three Guitars
STEVENSON, BEULAH
1952
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 36 3/8 x 30 1/4 ins. (93.4 x 76.8 cm); Framed: 45 ¾ x 39 ¾ ins. (116.2 x 101.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Color Symphony
BLACKBURN, ROBERT
1960
Color lithograph on cream wove paper
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 25 1/4 ins. (47.3 x 63.7 cm); Image: 15 1/2 x 22 ins. (40.1 x 55.7 cm) [irreg.]
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Three men by a tree
BUYTEWECH, WILLIAM
Black chalk on blue paper
6 1/16 x 5 5/16 ins. (15.5 x 13.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

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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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