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Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 25, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, September 26, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session
MUSE: Autumnal Paint and Sip
MUSE: Autumnal Paint and Sip
Sunday, September 27, 2026
2:00 PM
W&M Students
Figure Drawing Monday: Continuous Line Drawing
Figure Drawing Monday: Continuous Line Drawing
Monday, September 28, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop

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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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Lewis Cohen: Forms of Inquiry

August 28, 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.


Netsuke of a boy holding a rabbit
UNKNOWN
Ivory, mother-of-pearl, and red-colored inlays
1 1/2 h. x 1 1/4 w. x 1 1/4 ins. d. (3.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
WHITE, CHARLES
1959
Linoleum print, edition of 20
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 50 1/8 ins. (46 x 127.3 cm); Image: 12 x 45 ins. (30.5 x 114.3 cm); Framed: 20 3/4 x 52 1/2 ins. (53 x 133.4 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowment Fund
The Etching Printer
ANNAN, JAMES CRAIG
1907
Photogravure from Camera Work, Number XIX, printed on tissue
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 ins. (19.9 x 27.9 cm); Image: 6 x 7 3/4 ins. (15.2 x 19.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Papaver Orientale
CUNNINGHAM, IMOGEN
1965
Gelatin silver print
11 1/8 x 9 1/2 ins. (28.1 x 24.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Still life with cherries, peach and grapes
REAM, CARDUCIUS PLANTAGENET
Oil on canvas
12 1/4 x 10 ins. (30.7 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Protecting Assets
JACKSON, PRESTON
2005
Cast bronze
26 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 23 ins. [overall] (67.3 x 30.9 x 58.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Netsuke a rat
UNKNOWN
Ivory and red inlay
1 1/8 h. x 1 1/8 w. x 1 1/2 ins. d. (3.0 x 2.7 x 3.8 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
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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