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.

戴维斯通过礼物和购买来积极收集艺术品，这些作品对我们的使命做出了反应，这些作品表现出了卓越和多样性，艺术历史和审美意义，以及与课程重点和研究兴趣相关的。藏品的战略发展和活力是重点的重点，而管理的责任也是对后代的责任。