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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
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 4, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
Friday, September 4, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 11, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
September 11 Open House
September 11 Open House
Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 PM
Special Event

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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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.


Portrait of the three daughters of Robert Saunders Jr., Margaret, Mariana Barbara (c. 1830 – 1865), and Lelia Page (c. 1834 – unknown)
CRAWLEY, JOHN R. SR.
1838
Oil on canvas
53 x 40 ins. (134.6 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Page Wilmer Poindexter and Dr. Cary Breckinridge Wilmer
Untitled #2
STYLES, FREDDIE
c. 1990
Acrylic on board
Sheet: 36 x 60 ins. (91.6 x 152.5 cm); Framed: 46 5/8 x 70 1/2 ins. (118.4 x 179.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Thermal Kem
LEWANDOWSKI, EDMUND
1986
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 32 1/8 x 26 ins. (81.5 x 66.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Magasin, Avenue des Gobelins (Mannequins)
ATGET, EUGÈNE
Gelatin silver print
Support: 20 x 16 ins. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); Image: 19 3/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (49.2 x 37.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Fall Grasses
WYETH, ANDREW
1955
Watercolor on paper with scratching out, laid down on board
Support: 23 7/8 x 30 ¾ ins. (59.3 x 78.1 cm); Sheet: 20 x 28 ins. (50.8 x 71.1 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
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, on his arrival at the Geneva Railroad Station
AIGNER, LUCIEN
Late 1930s
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 11 x 13 7/8 ins. (27.9 x 35.4 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 13 3/8 ins. (25.5 x 34.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Brushstrokes
LICHTENSTEIN, ROY
1967
Color screenprint on white wove paper
22 x 30 ins. (55.6 x 76.3 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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