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


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
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
2:00 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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Collection Highlights

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


Seated female nude
DAVIES, ARTHUR B.
Charcoal and white chalk on tan paper
12 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins. (31.6 x 26.1 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nash Castro in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Niles M. Davies, Jr.
Seascape
HARDY, THOMAS BUSH
1891
Watercolor
10 1/4 x 22 1/4 ins. (26.2 x 56.6 cm)
Gift of Jane Spurling
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
CARRILLO, MANUEL
1960
Selenium-toned silver print
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/16 ins. (35.9 x 28.1 cm); Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)
Gift of Frank Christopher
10 Stones 2
CAGE, JOHN
1989
Spitbite, aquatint, and sugarlift on smoked paper
Sheet: 23 x 18 5/16 ins. (58.4 x 46.6 cm); Image: 14 x 16 ins. (35.5 x 40.7 cm); Framed: 41 1/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (104.4 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Aquisition Fund
King William County, Virginia; Woman in White by an Abandoned House
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1998
Gelatin silver pinhole photograph
13 x 17 ins. (33 x 43.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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
Landscape in Blue and Green
AVERY, MILTON
1957
Watercolor, gouache, and oil on paper
19 1/2 x 25 1/2 ins. (50.7 x 66.0 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Architectural presentation drawing for the Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University, Tempe
WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD
circa 1959
Colored pencil and ink on paper
36 3/8 x 58 3/8 ins. (92 x 148 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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