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


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
Family
Community Art Day
Community Art Day
Saturday, September 19, 2026
11:00 AM
ConcertFamilySpecial EventW&M Students
Figure Drawing Monday: Gesture and Contour
Figure Drawing Monday: Gesture and Contour
Monday, September 21, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop

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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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Collection Highlights

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


Corn Maiden
TOYA, MARVIN
1985
Walnut
Overall: 13 1/4 ins. (height) (33.4 cm); 4 5/8 ins. (width) (12.3 cm); 3 3/8 ins. (depth) (8.6 cm)
Gift of The Matthews Collection
Street in Saverne
WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL
1858
Etching on Japanese Gampi paper, state V/V
Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 ins. (21.0 x 16.0 cm)
Gift of Dr. Geoffrey Feiss
Winter Sun
WALKINGSTICK, KAY
2017
Oil on wood panel
Panel A: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 ins. (76.8 x 76.8 cm); Panel B: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 ins. (76.8 x 76.8 cm) [Depth 2 ins. (5.1 cm); Overall: 30 1/4 x 60 1/16 ins. (76.8 x 152.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Drop, Dripped
WILSON, FRED
2003
White and black glass, ed. of 20
A: 24 x 4 1/2 x 12 1/4 [diam] ins. (60.9 x 11.4 x 31.1 cm); B: 12 x 12 1/2 x 1 3/4 ins. (32.7 x 30.4 x 4.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled (View of Wilmington)
LOPER, EDWARD L. SR.
1954
Oil on linen canvas
22 1/4 x 27 1/8 ins. (56.5 x 68.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Sailmakers
van VLIET, JAN GEORG
c. 1632-1635
Etching
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 1/8 ins. (25.9 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.3 x 16.5 cm)
Bequest of Vernon Phillips Weaver
Thorn Girl
GRANT, SUSAN KAE
Archival pigment print
Gift of Joanna Gratton
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

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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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