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one of the oldest college museums in America and one placed among
the first colleges offering degrees in the history of art, the Davis
Museum and Cultural Center has a long history focusing on the importance
of the collections in a liberal arts education. From its beginning
in 1875, the permanent collection has grown to approximately 8,500
works presenting the creative accomplishments, thoughts, ideas and
aspirations of an array of cultures and civilizations over a 3,500
year period.
The DMCC’s collections have been tailored to support its
mission by having them serve as an inspiration for teaching and
research in all fields, for cultural understanding on- and off-
campus, and for its role as a key resource for regional public schools.
As a college museum, an attempt is made to maintain a broad range
of historical examples of technical and aesthetic achievements.
In response to the College’s increasingly diverse community,
the Museum is making an ongoing effort to incorporate artworks into
the collections from cultures that previously had been under-represented.
We also try to maintain examples of artists’ works and ideas
as well as periods that may not be seen in other regional museums
and that both compliment and expand upon course offerings. Students
in the museum studies course help shape the collections by making
acquisition recommendations, following procedures established in
our collections management policy.
Pablo Picasso, Dream
and Lie of Franco, 1937.
Oscar Bluemner, Untitled,
1930.
Maya, Standing Man with
Shield,
600-900A.D.
Blanche Lazzell, Greenmont
II,
1930.
Giorgio Ghisi (after Michelangelo
Buonarotti), The Eritrean Sibyl,
1549.
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