Dayton Art Institute

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Dayton Art Institute
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LocationForest and Riverview Aves., Dayton, Ohio
Coordinates 39°45′57″N84°12′4″W / 39.76583°N 84.20111°W / 39.76583; -84.20111
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1930
Architect Edward B. Green
Architectural styleRenaissance, Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No. 74001579 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1974

The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) is a museum of fine arts in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The Dayton Art Institute has been rated one of the top 10 best art museums in the United States for children. [2] The museum also ranks in the top 3% of all art museums in North America in 3 of 4 factors. [3] In 2007, the art institute saw 303,834 visitors. [4]

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History

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 building was originally constructed with imported roof tiles from Italy, but after they began to crumble from the harsher Ohio winters they were replaced by Ludowici tiles in 1979. [5] It is also visible from and easily accessible from I-75, which passes through the center of Dayton. [6]

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.

Museum information

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. [7]

Notable works

Some of the most notable works held by the institute are: [8] [9]

See also

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  5. ↑ Krebs, Betty Dietz (August 26, 1979). "After years of leaks, Art Institute is fit to be tiled". Dayton Daily News.
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  7. ↑ "Dayton art museum information" . Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Notable Works". Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Notable Works 2". Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
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  11. ↑ "Untitled | Dayton Art Institute". www.daytonartinstitute.org. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sea Change | Dayton Art Institute". www.daytonartinstitute.org. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Untitled | Dayton Art Institute". www.daytonartinstitute.org. Retrieved October 7, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Alison Van Pelt: The Women | Dayton Art Institute". www.daytonartinstitute.org. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Lost and Found | Dayton Art Institute". www.daytonartinstitute.org. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Embroidery From Uzbekistan | Dayton Art Institute". www.daytonartinstitute.org. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Sawdy | Dayton Art Institute". www.daytonartinstitute.org. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
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