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New Exhibitions
Now On View

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, September 4, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
First Friday: Twilight Twirl
Friday, September 4, 2026
5:00 PM
Special Event
September 11 Open House
September 11 Open House
Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 PM
Special Event
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, September 12, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness

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.


Life is Altogether
DIAL, THORNTON
1994
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Male Nude with Shell, Hawaii
RITTS, HERB
1988
Platinum print
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (40.9 x 51.0 cm); Image: 15 3/8 x 19 3/8 ins. (39.9 x 49.3 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
A Beech Tree Overhanging the Hudson River
WHITTREDGE, WORTHINGTON
Oil on paper, over board
Sight: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.8 x 38.7 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Harbor scene
STORCK, ABRAHAM
Pen and ink, and wash on paper
7 3/4 x 11 11/16 ins. (19.7 x 29.7 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
A Mountain Valley
HERZOG, LEWIS
Pen and ink, heightened with white chalk
Sight: 7 1/2 x 11 13/16 ins. (19.0 x 30.0 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Mother and Child – Sunlight
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Photogravure
5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (12.9 x 15.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Magasin, Avenue des Gobelins (Mannequins)
ATGET, EUGÈNE
Gelatin silver print
Support: 20 x 16 ins. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); Image: 19 3/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (49.2 x 37.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
If God Has Bestowed Beauty
PAINTER, NELL IRVIN
2012
Conté crayon and graphite on paper
Framed: 32 x 26 5/8 ins. (81.4 x 67.5 cm)

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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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