Davis Museum at Wellesley College
The Davis Museum is an art museum located on the Wellesley College campus in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The college art collection was first displayed in the Farnsworth Art Building, founded in 1889.
- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Centre d’Art de Jewett”, “Centre de culture et Musée Davis”, “Davis Museum and Cultural Center”, “Jewett Art Centre”, “Jewett Art Gallery”, “Jewett Art Museum”, “Jewett Arts Center”, “Kulturzentrum und Museum Davis”, and “the Davis”
- Address: 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Wellesley College and Jewett Arts Center.
Wellesley College
College
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of women's colleges in the northeastern United States. Wellesley College is situated 1,600 feet south of Davis Museum at Wellesley College.
Jewett Arts Center
College building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Whitin Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wellesley and Natick.
Wellesley
Wellesley is a city in Massachusetts in the Greater Boston area. It is a wealthy suburb and home to Wellesley College, Babson College and Mass Bay Community College. Wellesley includes the villages of Babson Park and Wellesley Hills.
Natick
Natick is a town in Massachusetts with a population of about 37,000. It's approximately 10 miles west of Boston.
Felchville
Neighborhood
Davis Museum at Wellesley College
- Categories: cultural center, art museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Town of Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.29374° or 42° 17′ 38″ north
Longitude
-71.30734° or 71° 18′ 26″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
87JC7MVV+F3
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Davis Museum at Wellesley College” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Davis del Wellesley College”
- Chinese: “戴維斯博物館和文化中心”
- Dutch: “Davis Museum, Wellesley”
- French: “Musée Davis et centre de culture”
- German: “Davis Museum und Kulturzentrum”
- Japanese: “デイビス美術館”
- Portuguese: “Museu e Centro Cultural Davis”
- Spanish: “Davis Museum, Wellesley”
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