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Davis Museum
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The Davis Museum is an art museum located on the Wellesley College campus in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The college art collection was first displayed in the Farnsworth Art Building, founded in 1889. The museum in its present form opened in 1993 in a building designed by Rafael Moneo.
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Keohane Sports Center
Central St, Wellesley, MA 02482
Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
106 Central St., Wellesley College, WCBG Visitor Center, Wellesley, MA 02481
Morses Pond Beach
Turner Rd, Wellesley, MA 02482
Lake Waban
Wellesley, MA 02481
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Alta Strada - Wellesley, MA
92 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02482
Laughing Monk Cafe
90 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02482
Shake Shack Wellesley
74 Central St Unit A, Wellesley, MA 02482
black & blue Steak and Crab, Wellesley, MA
65 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02482
Cocobeet - Wellesley
57 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02482
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Davis Museum

106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481
4.5(58)
Open 24 hours
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The Davis Museum is an art museum located on the Wellesley College campus in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The college art collection was first displayed in the Farnsworth Art Building, founded in 1889. The museum in its present form opened in 1993 in a building designed by Rafael Moneo.

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attractions: Keohane Sports Center, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, Morses Pond Beach, Lake Waban, restaurants: Alta Strada - Wellesley, MA, Laughing Monk Cafe, Shake Shack Wellesley, black & blue Steak and Crab, Wellesley, MA, Cocobeet - Wellesley
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(781) 283-2051
Website
davismuseum.wellesley.edu

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Nearby attractions of Davis Museum

Keohane Sports Center

Wellesley College Botanic Gardens

Morses Pond Beach

Lake Waban

Keohane Sports Center

Keohane Sports Center

4.4

(10)

Open 24 hours
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Wellesley College Botanic Gardens

Wellesley College Botanic Gardens

4.4

(14)

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Morses Pond Beach

Morses Pond Beach

4.6

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Lake Waban

Lake Waban

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Alta Strada - Wellesley, MA

Laughing Monk Cafe

Shake Shack Wellesley

black & blue Steak and Crab, Wellesley, MA

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Alta Strada - Wellesley, MA

Alta Strada - Wellesley, MA

4.3

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Laughing Monk Cafe

Laughing Monk Cafe

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black & blue Steak and Crab, Wellesley, MA

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Kevin MurphyKevin Murphy
Beautiful museum with some great pieces. Surprisingly large and we'll laid out. Some great rotating selections also. Located on a beautiful wooded campus. Spacious and a great space to walk through.
Grace FuGrace Fu
Museum in Wellesley College, great location and a great amount collection. I was surprised about the architecture, very beautiful and stylish!
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The paintings are good. Museum is not very large but experience is wonderful. The building is designed by Rafael Moneo.
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Beautiful museum with some great pieces. Surprisingly large and we'll laid out. Some great rotating selections also. Located on a beautiful wooded campus. Spacious and a great space to walk through.
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The paintings are good. Museum is not very large but experience is wonderful. The building is designed by Rafael Moneo.
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4.5
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5.0
5y

An astounding collection for such a small college.

Excellent work done by staff in the stories told about the artists and how each fits into his or her context, no surprise given Wellesley's art department's sterling reputation.

More striking for me was the intentional theme of the important contributions of the immigrants who were the artists and often the donors of the art -- their stories as immigrants. Sometimes what that had meant in their lives and how their immigration contributed to us left a powerful, if only implicit,...

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5.0
1y

I had such a lovely time at this gallery. The art was wonderful and I thought the four Mosaic in particular was beautiful. I actually noticed it from the second floor and didn't realize until I got downstairs that it was not a rug and in fact was a mosaic. The day I visited I was lucky enough to meet one of the directors her name is Mary beth. She was phenomenal and had such a wealth of knowledge and information about pretty much every single art piece that I had any questions on. If you're in town I would absolutely recommend stopping by...

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5.0
5y

Museum is well organized, neat, and has great art! I have been here a couple times so far and I look forward to the next time I return here. The art within the museum is a variety and is incredible. I have been to a variety of art museums and I believe this is one of my favorite art museums because it’s unique, better art in my opinion compared to other art museums, well organized and easy to navigate around, and I enjoy the architecture of the museum building itself. I recommend this museum and recommend that you visit...

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