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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
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, July 24, 2026
10:30 AM
Family

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.


School Girl, St. Croix
KANAGA, CONSUELO
1963 (printed 1970s?)
Gelatin silver print
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (34.3 x 24.2 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
New Skyscraper
SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
Watercolor on heavy paper
Framed: 59 1/2 x 40 ins. (151.1 x 102.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
In the Line of Fire: Norfolk 17
PRINCE, STEVE
2004
Linoleum print
Sheet: 55 1/4 x 39 1/2 ins. (140.5 x 100.2 cm); Image: 49 1/2 x 36 ins. (125.7 cm x 91.5 cm); Framed: 62 5/8 x 48 3/8 ins (159.1 x 122.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Untitled (Harry Belafonte, Carnegie Hall)
DECARAVA, ROY
1960
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 x 10 ins. (20.5 x 25.5 cm); Image: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (19 x 24.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Seascape
BRICHER, ALFRED THOMPSON
1870
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sight: 7 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (18.9 x 36.9 cm); Framed: 18 1/4 x 25 1/2 ins. (46.5 x 64.7 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Le Port de Martigues
de VLAMINCK, MAURICE
1922
Woodcut
Sheet: 16 x 19 ¼ ins. (40.8 x 58.8 cm); Image: 13 3/8 x 16 ¼ ins (34.0 x 41.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Mexico City, D.F.
CARRILLO, MANUEL
1961
Selenium-toned silver print
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/16 ins. (35.9 x 28.1 cm); Image: 8 x 7 1/8 ins. (20.3 x 18.1 cm)
Gift of Frank Christopher
Dance
OSUGI, SHOJI
1984
Color woodblock print
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 20 1/4 ins. (52.1 x 51.2 cm); Image: 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 ins. (45 x 45 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson

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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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