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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 22, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Art Educator Appreciation Brunch & Create
Art Educator Appreciation Brunch & Create
Saturday, May 23, 2026
11:00 AM
Special Event
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

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.


Untitled
KAHN, WOLF
1968 - 1969
Oil on canvas
40 5/8 x 42 3/8 ins. (103.2 x 107.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Virginia
CATLETT, ELIZABETH
1984
Lithograph printed in blue and collage on black wove paper
Sheet: 22 x 15 ins. (55.8 x 38.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume
van RIJN, REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON
1638
Etching
5 3/8 x 4 1/8 ins. (13.7 x 10.6 cm)
Gift of Marilyn Brown in memory of Douglas Morton (W&M '62)
Don’t B Afraid Its Just The Negro’es Playing dem Damn Drums again!
SIMMONS, DANNY
1997
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Dune
WESTON, BRETT
1934
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins. (23.5 x 19 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Untitled (54-2)
NEVELSON, LOUISE
1973
Aquatint, etching and collage on Fabriano wove paper
Sheet: 37 x 26 ins. (94.1 x 66.1 cm); Plate: 27 7/8 x 21 5/8 ins. (70.8 x 55.0 cm); Framed: 41 3/4 x 34 1/8 ins. (105.8 x 86.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Raising the Red Lantern
LIU, HUNG
1992 - 1993
Oil on canvas and wood architectural fragment
90 x 60 1/8 ins. (230.8 x 154.2 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Acquisitions Fund
Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, NY
STOLLER, EZRA
1959
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 ins. (50.5 x 40.6 cm); Image: 16 x 13 3/4 ins. (40.6 x 35.3 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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