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A New Season at the Muscarelle

Explore exhibitions, public programs, and works from the collection.


Mother’s Day Tea — Muscarelle Café
Mother’s Day Tea — Muscarelle Café
Saturday, May 9, 2026
10:00 AM
Special Event
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, May 15, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
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

On View

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.


Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
BEAL, REYNOLDS
1924
Watercolor
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 57.2 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of William R. Beal and Gifford R. Beal Jr.
Cat
BRASSAÏ
1950
Silver gelatin print
11 7/8 x 9 1/8 ins. (30.2 x 25 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
Untitled
BOLOTOWSKY, ILYA
1979
Silkscreen
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 30 ins. (56.4 x 76.6 cm); Image: 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins. (34.9 x 34.9 cm)
Gift of Larry Schaefer
Untitled
DARIE, SANDU
circa 1962
Ink, pen and collage on four sheets of paper
36 x 10 5/8 ins. (91.4 x 27 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled brass sculpture
HESS, EMIL JOHN
Brass
10 7/8 h. x 4 3/4 w. x 3 ins. d. (27.7 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation
A group of children and a few men gaze from behind a barbed-wire fence that marks the boundary of the Moroka township in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
1950
Ferrotyped silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins. (26.3 x 34.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The East End
MYERS, JEROME
c. 1930
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 40 1/4 ins. (76.4 x 102 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Altered Landscape 12
NAMINGHA, MICHAEL
2021
Digital C. Print mounted to shaped acrylic
28 x 38 x 1 ins.
Selected by 2024 Curator’s Circle Members and 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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