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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


Director’s Tour – Forever Marked By The Day
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked By The Day
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
11:00 AM
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Student Move-In Art Break!
Student Move-In Art Break!
Thursday, August 20, 2026
10:00 AM
Special EventW&M Students
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Storybook Hour: Pre-K
Friday, August 21, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Storybook Hour: K-5th
Friday, August 21, 2026
2:00 PM
Family

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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.


A House in the Village
LANKES, JULIUS JOHN
1/12/1925
Woodblock print, proof I
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 5/16 ins. (25.2 x 18.6 cm); Image: 6 13/16 x 4 15/16 ins. (17.3 x 12.6 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
A Study of The Cenci
CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET
1870
Albumen print (adhered to a laid and chain paper support)
Image: 8 3/4 x 7 ins. (22.2 x 17.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Untitled
GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO
1991
Acrylic on canvas
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled polychrome pot, parrot motif
CLASHIN, DEBBIE
2017
Clay, pigment
6 5/8 h. x 13 7/8 d. x 43 circ. ins. (16.8 x 35.2 x 109.2 cm)
Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D.
And I Saw Another Angel
MORGAN, SISTER GERTRUDE
c. 1970-1972
Paint and ink on card
10 1/2 x 16 ins. (26.7 x 40.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Children of Paradise
SCHAPIRO, MIRIAM
1984
Lithograph and collage
Sheet: 31 3/4 x 47 3/4 ins. (80.5 x 121.7 cm); Framed: 57 1/2 x 41 1/4 ins. (146 x 104.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Barrera-Rosa’s
COTTINGHAM, ROBERT
1986
Color lithograph
Sight: 14 5/8 x 38 11/16 ins. (36.4 x 98.3 cm); Image: 13 1/8 x 37 5/8 ins. (33.4 x 95.5 cm); Framed: 49 x 25 ins. (124.3 x 63.4 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
The Virgin and Child on a Crescent Moon
UNKNOWN, Southern Netherlandish School
c. 1525 - 1550
Oil on oak panel
Panel: 13 x 9 ins. (33 x 22.8 cm); Framed: 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 ins. (41 x 31 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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