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A New Season at the Muscarelle

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


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, May 29, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
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
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, June 5, 2026
10:30 AM
Family

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.


Mnemosyne
ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL
c. 1878-1881
Graphite on paper
7 1/8 x 4 3/8 (18.2 x 11.1 cm)
Gift of Sheila (W&M ’78) and Terry Meyers (Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus)
Kathleen Kelly
WELPOTT, JACK
1972
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 ins. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Drifter
KENT, ROCKWELL
1933
Wood engraving
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 12 1/16 ins. (28.6 x 30.6 cm); Image: 5 7/16 x 6 15/16 ins. (13.8 x 17.7 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowmnet Fund and Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Mountain Salute (Bergrüßung)
MACKE, AUGUST
1912-1913
Linoleum cut on heavy cream wove paper
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 11 ins. (34.7 x 28 cm); Image: 9 ½ x 7 ¾ ins. (24.2 x 19.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Wisdom
SNOWDEN, AMY
2015
Watercolor on paper
Sheet: 22 x 30 ins. (76.2 x 55.9 cm); Framed: 40 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (102.8 x 83.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Melancolia I
DÜRER, ALBRECHT
1514
Engraving
9 3/8 x 7 5/16 ins. (23.8 x 18.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Portrait of a Dancer
CADMUS, PAUL
1981
Egg tempera on gesso panel
14 x 12 ins. (35.5 x 30.6 cm); Framed: 25 1/8 x 20 1/8 ins. (63.8 x 51.2 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
A group of children and a few men gaze from behind a barbed-wire fence that marks the boundary of the Moroka township in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
1950
Ferrotyped silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins. (26.3 x 34.2 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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