The Dayton Art Institute

A solid art museum, medium sized

Dayton Art Museum has a beautifully designed building with a garden in the center of a circuit. A lovely bonsai tree is in that garden. Wonderful art surrounds the garden. American art is strongly ...

Tried to charge us extra for taking personal pictures with no flash

I've been before and it is a nice museum; however, went here with my wife and high school daughter today and had a very bad experience. Museum was pretty empty. After paying $35 entry fee, my wife as...

Simply Amazing

We went to the Dayton Art Institute on a cold January weekday afternoon, primarily to view the Toulouse-Lautrec traveling exhibit. We were surprised & pleased to see there were many, many other people...

Terrific mid-sized city art museum! Great permanent collection! Wonderful special exhibitions!!

The Dayton Art Institute is a terrific mid-sized city art museum!! Their permanent collection is worth a visit! We live 3+ hours away so it is the special exhibits that draw us in for a return visit l...

Lovely museum for a peaceful afternoon.

Over Christmas break, I took two of my children (11, 13) to the museum, specifically to see the Japanese Netsuke exhibit. We had a wonderful afternoon exploring the entire permanent collection and fi...