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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
Tour
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

On View

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.


Peinetón
CORCUERA TERÁN, MARÍA SILVIA
1993-1996
Paper, gauze and wood with Styrofoam insert
43 1/4 x 35 3/8 x 7 1/2 ins. (109.9 x 89.9 x 19.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Cochiti Maiden
ROMERO, DIEGO
2019
Clay and pigment
12 1/2 x 5 1/4 ins. (diameter x depth)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Giroscopio (Gyroscope)
POMODORO, ARNALDO
1996
Bronze
Approx. 20 ins. h. (51cm)Approx. 18 1/8 ins d. (46 cm)base: 2 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8" (5 x 46 x 46cm)
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
Untitled (View of Wilmington)
LOPER, EDWARD L. SR.
1954
Oil on linen canvas
22 1/4 x 27 1/8 ins. (56.5 x 68.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Photogenic abstraction
JACOBI, LOTTE
1940s
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 ins. (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
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
The Coyote – Arizona (Twilight Arizona or The Desert Arizona)
MORAN, THOMAS
1880
Mezzotint and etching in brown ink
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 ins. (24.8 x 36.8 cm); Plate: 6 1/8 x 9 ins. (15.6 x 22.9 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Untitled brass sculpture
HESS, EMIL JOHN
Brass
10 7/8 h. x 4 3/4 w. x 3 ins. d. (27.7 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation

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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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