One of the oldest academic museums in the U.S., located at one of the nation’s first colleges to offer a baccalaureate degree in the history of art, the Davis Museum collections represent a foundational emphasis on the importance of direct experience with authentic art objects that remains vital. Today, the Davis holdings include nearly 13,000 objects, with areas of strength in painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, and decorative objects, from antiquity to the present day.

戴维斯通过对我们的使命响应的礼物和购买积极收集艺术作品，这表明了卓越和多样性，艺术历史和审美意义，以及与课程重点和研究兴趣的相关性。该系列的战略发展和活力是主要的优先事项，也是后代管理责任的责任。