The Davis Museum is temporarily closed for the summer. Operating hours resume on Friday, September 25, 2026.
Fall opening celebrationThursday, September 24, 2026 - 5:00pm to 8:00pmDavis Museum Lobby & Galleries5:00 - 8:00 PM Opening Reception - Davis Lobby and Galleries
5:30 PM Welcome Remarks - Davis Lobby
Join Dina Deitsch, the new Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis Museum, to celebrate the opening of our 2026-2027 academic year exhibitions. Excavating Antioch: The Archaeology of an Ancient City and Shi: Stories in Stone both present major new scholarship on artworks stewarded by Wellesley College. Come contemplate history and toast the Davis’s future with us!
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.
This program is generously supported by the Kathryn Wasserman Davis ‘28 Fund for World Cultures and Leadership, Maryam and Edward Eisler/Goldman Sachs Gives Fund on Art and Culture in the Near, Middle, and Far East, and Wellesley College Friends of Art at the Davis.
Parking is free and available in the Visitor Parking facility located directly off of the Route 135/Central Street entrance to the College. Find the Museum from the Davis Parking Garage.
Thursday, September 24, 2026 -
5:00pm to 8:00pm
Davis Museum Lobby & Galleries
5:00 - 8:00 PM Opening Reception - Davis Lobby and Galleries
5:30 PM Welcome Remarks - Davis Lobby
Join Dina Deitsch, the new Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis Museum, to celebrate the opening of our 2026-2027 academic year exhibitions. Excavating Antioch: The Archaeology of an Ancient City and Shi: Stories in Stone both present major new scholarship on artworks stewarded by Wellesley College. Come contemplate history and toast the Davis’s future with us!
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.
This program is generously supported by the Kathryn Wasserman Davis ‘28 Fund for World Cultures and Leadership, Maryam and Edward Eisler/Goldman Sachs Gives Fund on Art and Culture in the Near, Middle, and Far East, and Wellesley College Friends of Art at the Davis.
Parking is free and available in the Visitor Parking facility located directly off of the Route 135/Central Street entrance to the College. Find the Museum from the Davis Parking Garage.