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


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 11, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
September 11 Open House
September 11 Open House
Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 PM
Special Event
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, September 12, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 18, 2026
10:30 AM
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On View

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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Collection Highlights

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


Head study
MORSE, SAMUEL F.B.
Oil on millboard
6 3/4 x 4 ins. (17.0 x 12.5 cm)
Gift Paul M. Rider
Fragelina
PICCIRILLI, ATTILIO
Marble
28 1/4 h. x 8 1/8 w. x 16 ins. d. (71.8 x 20.7 x 40.7 cm)
Bequest of Jay Johns
Untitled
WHITE, MINOR
Circa 1959
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 ins. (20.6 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
On the Wind Series VI
CHEN, ROBERT
2006
Mixed media on canvas
Framed: 60 x 60 ins. (152.4 x 152.4 cm); Canvas: 51 1/4 x 51 1/4 ins. (130 x 130 cm)
Gift of the artist
The Farmer Twins, Stinesville, Indiana
WELPOTT, JACK
1958 (printed circa 1980?)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 7/8 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.5 x 29.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Virginia with Hair Band
MYERS, JEROME
1911
Black and colored chalk
14 15/16 x 11 9/16 ins. (37.9 x 29.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Li’l Big Sister
SAAR, ALISON
2024
Woodcut / linoleum cut / dye / shellac and collage on Kozo and Rives BFK
53 3/4 x 29 ins. (136.5 x 73.7 cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by Ann ‘66 and Steve Critchfield
Self-portrait in felt hat
CURTIS, EDWARD S.
c. 1899
Photogravure on wove paper
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 10 15/16 ins. (39.3 x 27.7 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 7 ins. (25.6 x 17.7 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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