Dayton Art Institute, Dayton

Dayton Art Institute, Dayton (must see)

The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) is a museum of fine arts in Dayton. It was rated one of the top 10 best art museums in the United States for kids. The museum also ranks in the top 3% of all art museums in North America. In 2007, the art institute saw 303,834 visitors.

Founded in a downtown mansion in 1919 as the Dayton Museum of Fine Arts, the museum moved to a newly designed Edward B. Green building in 1930. The DAI was modeled after the Casino in the gardens of the Villa Farnese at Caprarola, and the front hillside stairway after the Italian Renaissance garden stairs at the Villa d'Este, near Rome, and Italy. The museum was later renamed the Dayton Art Institute as an indication of the growing importance of its school in addition to the museum. The nearly 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The museum's collection contains more than 20,000 objects spanning 5,000 years. In September, 2005, the Museum became one of eleven galleries in the US to host The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt, the largest collection of ancient artifacts ever to travel outside Egypt.

The art museum is an Italian Renaissance-style building, which sits atop a hill overlooking downtown Dayton. The Institute's highlights are the museum's Asian, 17th-century Baroque, 18th- and 19th-century American, and contemporary art collections. In addition to its collections, the museum frequently features other exhibitions.
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Sight Name: Dayton Art Institute
Sight Location: Dayton, USA (See walking tours in Dayton)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark

Walking Tours in Dayton, Ohio

Create Your Own Walk in Dayton

Create Your Own Walk in Dayton

Creating your own self-guided walk in Dayton is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Dayton Religious Buildings Tour

Dayton Religious Buildings Tour

Dayton is home to a number of impressive religious buildings designed in a variety of styles, many of them included in the National Register of Historic Places. Take the following tour to discover Dayton’s most impressive houses of worship.

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.9 Km or 2.4 Miles
Dayton Introduction Walking Tour

Dayton Introduction Walking Tour

Nicknamed the "Gem City", Dayton - a charming Ohio city and the hometown of the Wright brothers - has gone down in history primarily as the Birthplace of Aviation. Apart from aviation, however, there are quire a few cultural and otherwise notable attractions in Dayton well-worth exploring. To learn more about the most prominent of them, follow this orientation walk and explore!

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.8 Km or 2.4 Miles