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A New Season at the Muscarelle

Explore exhibitions, public programs, and works from the collection.


Teen Camp: Painting from Observation
Teen Camp: Painting from Observation
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
9:00 AM
FamilyWorkshop
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, June 26, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, June 26, 2026
2:00 PM
Family
Carve a Wooden Walking Stick: Workshop with Christopher Wagner
Carve a Wooden Walking Stick: Workshop with Christopher Wagner
Saturday, June 27, 2026
1:00 PM
FamilyWorkshop

On View

America’s Tapestry: 13 Colonies. 13 Stories. 1 Nation.

June 19, 2026 — September 6, 2026
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
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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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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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Upcoming

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

June 26, 2026 — January 3, 2027
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Collection Highlights

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


The Hymns of the Daughters of Israel to David
SAENREDAM, JAN after LUCAS van LEYDEN [1494 - 1533]
1600
Engraving
Sheet 11 1/8 x 7 ½ ins. (28.2 x 19.3 cm); Image 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 ins. (26.7 x 18.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Pitchers and Bottles
GURR, LENA
Oil on hardboard
25 x 31 ins. (63.5 x 78.8 cm); Framed: 32 3/4 x 38 1/2 ins. (83.0 x 98.0 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Laundry Day at W. North Street
van GENT EDELL, JOSIE
circa 1982
Watercolor
15 1/8 x 20 ins. (38.4 x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Anne Sellin
Aura
COHEN, LEWIS
1978
Bronze
31 x 26 1/2 x 16 ins. (78.7 x 67.3 x 40.6 cm)
Gift of the artist
Flying Fish
APPEL, KAREL
1978
Wood and paint
18 7/8 h. 31 1/2 l. x 6 1/4 ins. d. (48.1 x 80.0 x 15.8 cm)Base: 1 1/2 h. x 19 1@ l. x 5 1/2 ins. d. (3.8 x 49.5 x 14.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Archie A. Van Elslander
Landscape (Paesaggio), Lucania II
FONTANA, FRANCO
1978
Cibachrome print
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 23 5/8 ins. (49.5 x 60.1 cm); Image: 13 1/4 x 20 ins. (33.8 x 51.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry
Alder Speaks of Feasts
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
A Man Operating Cigoli’s Drawing Apparatus
CARDI, LODOVICO called IL CIGOLI
1606 - 1613
Pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk on white paper
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins. (14.4 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Manfred Brockhaus

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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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