Dayton Art Institute

Browse 5,000 years of art in a 1930 Italian Renaissance-style museum on a hill overlooking downtown Dayton.

456 Belmonte Park North · Dayton, OH

About Dayton Art Institute

The Dayton Art Institute was founded in 1919 and moved in 1930 into an Italian Renaissance-style building by Edward B. Green that sits on a hill above downtown Dayton. Its collection holds more than 20,000 objects spanning 5,000 years. General admission covers the collection galleries, the special exhibitions and the hands-on Lange Family Experiencenter for families. Adult tickets are $15, youth tickets $5 and children 6 and under get in free; the museum is closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

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