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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


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, August 28, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, August 29, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, September 4, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
Friday, September 4, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event

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.


Abstraction
LAZZELL, BLANCHE
4/1929
Watercolor and pencil
Sheet: 9 x 5 7/8 ins. (22.8 x 15.9 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund and Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
Virginia with Hair Band
MYERS, JEROME
1911
Black and colored chalk
14 15/16 x 11 9/16 ins. (37.9 x 29.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Dance Composition No. 31
CORTOR, ELDZIER
1978
Etching and aquatint with handcoloring
Sheet: 28 3/16 x 20 ins (71.6 x 50.8 cm); Image: 20 1/2 x 15 5/16 ins (52.1 x 38.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Window
BOND, HOWARD
1995
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Virginia A. Lascara '81
Mary-Lou Loucy Jane
KUHN, MONA
1999
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 ins. (50.6 x 40.4 cm); Image: 14 5/8 x 14 7/8 ins. (37.7 x 38.1 cm)
Gift of Jayne W. Barnard
The Fire Next Time: Blow Top Blues
SAAR, BETYE
1998
Color lithograph, hand-coloring, and collage, artist's proof 6
Sheet: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm); Image: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm)
Purchase, Thomas W. & Lolita Gayle Memorial Fund
Goin’ Home
BENTON, THOMAS HART
1937
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (38.9 x 44.5 cm); Image: 9 1/2 x 12 ins. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones
Sketches of lacrosse players
FAIRLAMB, GUY S.
1981
Pen and ink
11 x 8 5/8 ins. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman 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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