DAVIS MUSEUM

A group of local students discuss Dawoud Bey’s Asa, 1996.

School Programs

The Davis Museum and Cultural Center will continue to offer guided tours of the permanent collection and exhibitions for K-12 school groups, free of charge, when we re-open in Fall 2007.

School Tours
• Connect to Massachusetts Department of Education standards.

• Provide students with a variety of direct experiences with works of art.

• Enhance skills critical to literacy, numeracy and creativity. These skills include:
- visual literacy

	- visual literacy
	- written and oral expression
	- critical thinking
	- hands-on activities

While we are closed:
The Davis is working to develop its programs. Even though we are closed, it may be possible to arrange for a classroom visit. To make arrangements, please contact Alexa Miller at amiller3@wellesley.edu

© 2004 - Davis Museum and Cultural Center
Provider Name: Jim Olson - jolson@wellesley.edu
Created: January 14, 2003
Last Modified: August 16, 2006
Expires: March 19, 2009

above: A group of local students discuss Willie Cole’s Man Spirit Mask, 1999. Triptych: photo etching; silkscreen; photo etching with woodcut, 39 1/8 x 26 ½ in. The Nancy Gray Sherrill (Class of 1954) Collection, 2000.148.1-.3

above: Nahum Bernabe Zenil, Presente (detail), 1978. Mixed media on paper, 25 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. Museum purchase, 2000.149.

above: A group of local students discuss Dawoud Bey’s Asa, 1996. Dye diffusion transfer print (Polacolor ER), 29 7/16 x 21 15/16 in. Museum purchase, 1998.5.a-d.