Dayton Art Institute

The Dayton Art Institute’s (DAI) current building was built in 1928 thanks to the donation of Julia Shaw Patterson Carnell.  She hired architect Edward Brodhead who designed the façade after the Villa Farnese in Italy.  The grand staircase portrays Italian Renaissance design from Rome’s Ville d’Este.  Dayton’s iconic art museum was built atop a hill overlooking downtown Dayton and the Great Miami River.  Today, this Dayton Point of interest holds 20,000 objects spanning 5,000 years and resides on the National Register of Historic Places.

The refurbished Dayton Art Institute Grand Staircase basking in sunshine on a pretty June day.

Aerial View of the Dayton Art Institute Facade No. 10

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The refurbished Dayton Art Institute Grand Staircase basking in sunshine on a pretty June day.

Aerial View of the Dayton Art Institute Facade No. 13

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The facade of the Dayton Art Institute on a gorgeous June Day with the DAI and the Dayton Skyline basking in the sunlight as clumulous clouds float through the blue sky

Dayton Art Institute and Dayton Skyline

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The entrance to the Dayton Art Institute on a pretty June day.

Dayton Art Institute Entrance in Midday Sun No. 3

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The refurbished Dayton Art Institute Grand Staircase basking in sunshine on a pretty June day.

Dayton Art Institute Facade in Midday Sun No. 1

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The refurbished Dayton Art Institute Grand Staircase basking in sunshine on a pretty June day.

Dayton Art Institute Facade in Morning Light No. 3

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The refurbished Dayton Art Institute Grand Staircase basking in sunshine on a pretty June day.

Dayton Art Institute Facade in Morning Light No. 7

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An intimate view of the Grand Staircase that is part of the Dayton Art Institute facade on a pretty June day

Dayton Art Institute Grand Staircase No. 1

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An intimate view of the Grand Staircase that is part of the Dayton Art Institute facade on a pretty June day

Dayton Art Institute Grand Staircase No. 4

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An elegant mirror-finished sculpture that spirals upward into the blue fall sky symbolizing Dayton’s role in man’s journey to space

Dayton’s Pathway to Space

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A sculpture of a male lion overlooking the Dayton skyline which once served as a mascot for Steele High School

Leo, the Steele Lion No. 2

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A sculpture resides on a small knoll consisting of abstract Olympic Rings in quadrilateral form while basking in the morning sun

Movin’ On (For Jesse Owens)

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A spiraling stainless steel sculpture at Dayton Art Institute with the sun captured as a starburst on the work’s top tip.

Pathway by John Safer, Dayton Art Institute

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