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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 24, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, July 24, 2026
2:00 PM
Family
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 27, 2026
9:00 AM
FamilyWorkshop
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, July 31, 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.


Vernal Fall 350 feet, Yosemite Valley
WATKINS, CARLETON
c. 1878-1881
Albumen silver print
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins (38.9 x 54 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Battle of Dunkirk
COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON
c. 1814
Oil on canvas
58 x 94 ins. (147.4 x 238.8 cm)
Gift of John Stewart Bryan
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
Woman Kneeling by Stones (Kniende am Stein)
HECKEL, ERICH
1913-1914
Woodcut printed in gray, black and blue ink on tan laid paper
Sheet: 26 1/2 x 20 1/8 ins. (67.3 x 51.2 cm); Image: 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins. (49.5 x 31.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
King William County, Virginia; Woman in White by an Abandoned House
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1998
Gelatin silver pinhole photograph
13 x 17 ins. (33 x 43.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Apotre Jean Journet, partant pour la Conquete de l’Harmonie
COURBET, GUSTAVE
c. 1850
Lithograph on chine appliqué
Sheet: 9 ¾ (24.9)x 6 13/16 (17.4) ; Image: 9 ½ (24.2) x 6 ¾ (17.1)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
St. Benedict and the Miracle of the Axe Head
UNKNOWN
Late- 16th Century
Pen and brown ink with wash, highlighted with gouache, on buff paper
Sight: 9 1/4 ins. diam. (23.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
A Winter Morning North – Shoveling Out
HOMER, WINSLOW
1871
Wood engraving on paper
Sheet: 10 x 12 3/8 ins. (25.4 x 31.5 cm); Image: 8 ¼ x 11 ins. (20.9 x 27.9 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard

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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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