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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


Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, August 29, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session
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
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, September 12, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness

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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.


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
Maya Angelou
MOUTOUSSAMY-ASHE, JEANNE
1993
Silver print with hand coloring
Sheet: 14 x 11 ins. (35.4 x 27.9 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 10 ½ ins. (26.9 x 26.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Ruin of the Old Colonial Church at Jamestown Is
SULLY, ROBERT MATHEW
9/1854
Watercolor
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 15/16 ins. (15.6 x 22.8 cm)
Gift of Miss Julia Sully
New York from Governor’s Island
PENNELL, JOSEPH
1915
Etching and drypoint
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins. (21.9 x 32.0 cm); Image: 7 1/2 x 11 7/8 ins. (19.0 x 30.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Still Here!
POWHATAN, ROSE
1997
Silkscreen
24 1/8 x 18 ins. (61.4 x 45.7 cm)
Gift of Danielle Moretti-Langholtz
Untitled
TENNESON, JOYCE
1977
Hand applied silver emulsion on watercolor paper
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 1/4 ins. (57 x 74.5 cm); Image: 13 3/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (34.5 x 52 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Aus der Tierlegende (From the Animal Legend)
MARC, FRANZ
1912
Woodblock print
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 11/16 ins. (26.2 x 34.7 cm); Image: 7 13/16 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of William Fleming Kenan, Professor at the College of William and Mary, 1983
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

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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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