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Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, October 2, 2026
10:30 AM
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First Friday: Fall into Art!
First Friday: Fall into Art!
Friday, October 2, 2026
5:00 PM
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Avant Garden at An Occasion for the Arts
Avant Garden at An Occasion for the Arts
Saturday, October 3, 2026
10:00 AM
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Avant Garden at An Occasion for the Arts
Sunday, October 4, 2026
10:00 AM
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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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Lewis Cohen: Forms of Inquiry

August 28, 2026 — January 3, 2027
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
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Visions of the West

November 13, 2026 — February 21, 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 a young woman, facing left
DEGAS, HILAIRE-GERMAIN-EDGAR
c. 1888
Monotype printed in black on white laid paper
Framed: 21 1/4 x 19 1/2 ins. (54.0 x 50.2 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
Still Here!
POWHATAN, ROSE
1997
Silkscreen
24 1/8 x 18 ins. (61.4 x 45.7 cm)
Gift of Danielle Moretti-Langholtz
Untitled (for Cookie Mueller)
GOLDIN, NAN
2000
Chromogenic print (C-print)
24 1/8 x 20 1/16 ins. (61.3 x 50.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Portrait of Arthur Clark Brown
CLARK, ELIOT CANDEE
c. 1897
Charcoal
Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Teacup and bread on a ledge
PETO, JOHN FREDERICK
1899
Oil on academy board
Board: 6 x 9 1/4 ins. (15.3 x 23.2 cm); Framed: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.7 x 48.8 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Pel & Ploma
BRASSESCO, TANIA ||NORBERTO, LAZLO PASSI
2010
Durst Lambda print on Kodak Endura E mat paper
Sheet: 27 ½ x 53 ins. (70.0 x 134.6 cm); Image: 26 x 51 3/8 ins. (66.0 x 130.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Goin’ Home
BENTON, THOMAS HART
1937
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (38.9 x 44.5 cm); Image: 9 1/2 x 12 ins. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones

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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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