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America’s Tapestry: 13 Colonies. 13 Stories. 1 Nation. and Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal


Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, July 11, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, July 17, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, July 17, 2026
2:00 PM
Family
Counted Thread Bookmarks with Catherine Theron
Counted Thread Bookmarks with Catherine Theron
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
9:00 AM
Workshop

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

June 19, 2026 — September 6, 2026
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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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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.


Christ Crowned with Thorns
van LEYDEN, LUCAS
1519
Engraving
6 3/4 x 5 1/16 ins. (17.1 x 12.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oxbow Bend #63
BUTCHER, CLYDE
2006
Selenium toned silver gelatin print
Framed: 32 x 46 1/4 ins. (81.9 x 117.5 cm)
A gift in support of the Muscarelle, in honor of Thomas Bradburn
Untitled
GOLDBERG, MICHAEL
1953
Oil on canvas
51 1/2 x 66 1/2 ins. (130 x 168.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Tours, Cathédrale Saint-Gatien
BRUNETTI, MARKUS
2013-2015
Archival pigment print
Image: 113 3/8 x 54 5/16 ins. (288.0 x 138.0 cm); Sheet: 118 3/16 x 59 1/16 ins. (300.0 x 150.0 cm); Framed: 119 15/16 x 60 13/16 ins. (304.5 x 154.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Leslie
CLOSE, CHUCK
1986
Color woodblock print on Echizen Kozo Nimai Suki paper
Sheet: 32 1/8 x 25 1/4 ins. (81.5 x 64.3 cm); Image: 24 3/4 x 21 1/2 ins. (62.9 x 54.5 cm); Framed: 47 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (105.2 x 84 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Piranesi’s 24 Colored Marks
DINE, JAMES
1974-1976
Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Mao
RICHTER, GERHARD
1968
Color collotype on light-weight, ivory wove paper
33 1/8 x 23 1/2 ins. (84.2 x 59.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Solitude
MORAN, MARY NIMMO
1880
Etching
Sheet: 9 x 12 1/4 ins. (22.9 x 31.0 cm); Image: 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 ins. (14.3 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard

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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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