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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


Youth Art Show 2026
Youth Art Show 2026
Saturday, August 15, 2026
10:00 AM
FamilySpecial Event
Student Move-In Art Break!
Student Move-In Art Break!
Thursday, August 20, 2026
10:00 AM
Special EventW&M Students
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, August 21, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, August 21, 2026
2:00 PM
Family

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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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.


Landscape with ruins
Attributed to BOTH, JAN
Pen and brown ink, and wash
Sight: 3 5/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (8.4 x 12.3 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE
1799
Etching and aquatint
Sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 ins. (30.4 x 20.1 cm); Plate: 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 ins. (21.5 x 15.1 cm) [irreg.]; Image: 7 3/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (18.2 x 12.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled (Artichoke)
D'AMORE, ROBERT
1979
Hand colored gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 15 3/4 ins. (30.8 x 40.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Shom-Ki-Moli, Osage
MOON, CARL
1910
Toned gelatin silver print on textured paper
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 1/2 ins. (41.1 x 31.7 cm); Framed: 27 x 23 ins. (68.5 x 58.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Mer et Rocher à Menton (Rocky Coast Near Menton)
HARPIGNIES, HENRI-JOSEPH
1904
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (16.1 x 24.6 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Untitled
MARTIN, AGNES BERNICE
1978
Watercolor and ink on rice paper
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 12 ins. (30.7 x 30.5 cm); Framed: 15 3/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (39.0 x 39.0 cm)
Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Fund
Ely Cathedral, Across Nave and Octogon
EVANS, FREDERICK H.
1903
Photogravure
Image: 5 3/4 x 7 3/8 ins. (14.2 x 18.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Bust of Joseph L. Muscarelle (1903 – 1989)
LAVATELLI, CARLA
1970
Bronze on marble base
22 1/4 h. x 19 1/4 w. x 10 1/4 ins. d. (56.5 x 48.9 x 26.0 cm)Base: 4 1/16 h. x 15 l. x 11 3/8 ins. d. (10.2 x 38.1 x 29.0 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Muscarelle

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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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