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


MUSE: Autumnal Paint and Sip
MUSE: Autumnal Paint and Sip
Sunday, September 27, 2026
2:00 PM
W&M Students
Figure Drawing Monday: Continuous Line Drawing
Figure Drawing Monday: Continuous Line Drawing
Monday, September 28, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, October 2, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
First Friday: Fall into Art!
First Friday: Fall into Art!
Friday, October 2, 2026
5:00 PM
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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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Upcoming

Visions of the West

November 13, 2026 — March 7, 2027
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Collection Highlights

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


Japanese Combs
MATHER, MARGRETHE
1930
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (19.2 x 24.4 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
20150620 Lake Fire Milky Way Overlook 35mm d800e-8231.NEF
FROST, JEFF
2015
Pigment print on Epson Archival Paper
32 x 48 ins. (81.3 x 121.9 cm); Framed: 42 3/4 x 85 5/8 ins. (108.5 x 148.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Irises
GROHS, HANS
1912
Oil on canvas
37 7/8 x 29 5/8 ins. (96.2 x 75.2 cm)
Gift of the Frauken Grohs Collinson - Grohs Collinson Trust in honor of Miles and Marcial Chappell for the 25th Anniversary of the Muscarelle Museum of Art
L’Éveil Du Géant (The Awakening of the Giant)
MIRÓ, JOAN
1938
Etching with drypoint on ivory wove paper
Sheet: 17 x 12 3/4 ins. (43.4 x 32.5 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 9 3/8 ins. (27.0 x 23.7 cm) Image: 10 5/8 x 9 3/8 ins. (27.0 x 23.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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
Gray Barns
SLOAN, JOHN
1917
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 20 ¼ x 24 ¼ ins. (51.2 x 61.3 cm)
Anonymous gift in memory of Garner Anthony '53
Mother and Child – Sunlight
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Photogravure
5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (12.9 x 15.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Amongst the Rocks and Crags
EBERLE, EDWARD SAMUEL
1992
Porcelain, wheel thrown and altered, terra sigillata
12 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 6 9/16 ins. diam. (33.0 x 18.1 x 16.8 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund

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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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