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A New Season at the Muscarelle

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


Art Educator Appreciation Brunch & Create
Art Educator Appreciation Brunch & Create
Saturday, May 23, 2026
11:00 AM
Special Event
Family Day & Tiny Traders Art Market
Family Day & Tiny Traders Art Market
Saturday, May 30, 2026
12:00 PM
Family
Large Scale Woodcut Workshop
Large Scale Woodcut Workshop
Friday, June 5, 2026
10:00 AM
Workshop
First Friday IN BLOOM!
First Friday IN BLOOM!
Friday, June 5, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event

On View

18th-20th Century American Paintings

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
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James Sullivan: Thinking Sculpture | Sculpture Thinking

February 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
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First Looks & Favorites from the Permanent Collection

February 28, 2026 — June 7, 2026
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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.


Looking in the Water, Except One, Dublin
MACWEENEY, ALEN
1963
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 13 x 19 ins. (32.9 x 48.3 cm) Image: 10 15/16 x 16 9/16 (27.8 x 42.2 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Male Nude with Shell, Hawaii
RITTS, HERB
1988
Platinum print
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (40.9 x 51.0 cm); Image: 15 3/8 x 19 3/8 ins. (39.9 x 49.3 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Miss Suzie Porter, Harlem
VAN DER ZEE, JAMES
1915, printed 1974
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 7/16 x 6 3/16 ins. (18.9 x 15.7 cm); Support: 15 x 12 1/2 ins. (38.1 x 31.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Blessed Art Thou Among Women
KÄSEBIER, GERTRUDE
1899
Photogravure printed on tissue
Image: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins. (23.5 x 14 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Oil Boom
ROMERO, CARA
2015
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 1/2 x 56 ins. (143.0 x 142.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lament for Lorca
MOTHERWELL, ROBERT
1981 - 1982
Color lithograph
Sheet: 43 3/4 x 60 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 153.6 cm); Framed: 46 1/4 x 63 1/4 ins. (117.2 x 160.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Dot
COLE, WILLIE
2012
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Portrait Study
WATSON-SCHÜTZE, EVA
1905
Photogravure printed on brown paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 ins. (29.8 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.2 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.

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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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