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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


Student Move-In Art Break!
Student Move-In Art Break!
Thursday, August 20, 2026
10:00 AM
Special EventW&M Students
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, August 21, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, August 21, 2026
2:00 PM
Family
Muscarelle Museum Open House
Muscarelle Museum Open House
Monday, August 24, 2026
1:00 PM
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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.


Soldier in a Madhouse II (Soldat im Irrenhaus II)
FELIXMÜLLER, CONRAD
1918
Transfer lithograph on light cream, thin, smooth wove Japanese paper
16 x 12 1/8 ins. (40.6 x 30.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Wiers Close, Edinburgh
COBURN, ALVIN LANGDON
1906
Photogravure from Camera Work Number XV printed on tissue
Image: 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 ins. (20.2 x 16.1 cm); Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (29.4 x 21.0 cm) [irreg.]
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Study of the Battle of the Greeks and Amazons from an antique sarcophagus
DAVID, JACQUES LOUIS
c. 1775 - 1780
Pencil, pen, and wash
Sight: 4 15/16 x 7 15/16 ins. (12.5 x 20.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
The Mirror
TOOKER, GEORGE
1978
Lithograph printed in black and light tan on Arches wove paper
Sheet: 27 ½ x 22 7/8 ins. (69.8 x 56.9 cm); Image: 20 x 16 1/8 ins. (50.9 x 41 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Three White Stoops, West 88 St., NYC
ORKIN, RUTH
1952
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 x 14 1/8 ins. (28 x 35.7 cm); Image: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 ins. (27 x 34.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Virginia with Hair Band
MYERS, JEROME
1911
Black and colored chalk
14 15/16 x 11 9/16 ins. (37.9 x 29.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
The Storyteller on a Navajo Theme
RHODES, ROSE PECOS-SUN
Ceramic
6 3/4 x 7 x 7 ins. (16.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of The Matthews Collection
Le Sainte Face (Veronica’s Veil)
MELLAN, CLAUDE
1649
Engraving
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 3/4 ins. (44.0 x 32.3 cm); Plate: 17 x 12 1/2 ins. (43.2 x 31.7 cm)
Purchase, Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund

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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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