Dayton Art Institute:
It's #ThrowbackThursday! We're going back to May 1928, for the placing of the cornerstone for the #daytonartinstitute's new home. #tbt #Dayton #daytongram #history #art #museum
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: the original home of the #daytonartinstitute (then known as the #Dayton #Museum of #Arts) on Monument Avenue in downtown Dayton. #tbt #art #history #daytongram
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: an early #painting class at the DAI, circa late '20s or early '30s. #tbt #Dayton #daytonartinstitute #art #daytongram
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: Leo the Lion being set in place at the #museum in the mid-1950s. Prior to arriving at DAI, Leo was the Steele High School mascot in downtown #Dayton. #tbt #history #daytongram #sculpture #art #daytonartinstitute
Dayton Art Institute:
Since yesterday's #ThrowbackThursday was so popular, we'll follow it up with a #FlashbackFriday: Applying the "DAYTON ART INSTITUTE" lettering to the front of the building! #Dayton #daytongram #daytonartinstitute #tbt #fbf #tgif #art #museum
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: going all the way back to October 1928, during the the construction of The DAI's new home! #Dayton #daytonartinstitute #daytongram #history #museum #tbt
Dayton Art Institute:
Throwback Thursday: Circulating Gallery
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: Relocating a tree during #museum #construction in 1928/29! #tbt #history #dayton #daytonartinstitute #daytongram #museums #art #1920s #daytonhistory
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: a "#Soldiers Sunday #Art Club" session at the #daytonartinstitute during World War II. #tbt #dayton #daytongram #history #military #museum #museums #worldwarii #worldwar2 #ww2 #militaryhistory
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: a #1920s #art school #drawing class at the #museum. #tbt #history #daytonartinstitute #dayton #daytongram #museums
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: #daytonartinstitute #art school alum #JonathanWinters at an alumni reunion in #1969. #tbt #Dayton #daytongram #museums #history
Dayton Art Institute:
We'll close out the evening with a #ThrowbackThursday: #museum construction continues in early 1929. #dayton #daytongram #daytonartinstitute #tbt #history
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: aerial view of the newly completed #daytonartinstitute, circa 1930. #tbt #dayton #daytongram #history #art #museums
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: an early clay modeling class at the #daytonartinstitute, circa 1930s. #tbt #art #museum #history #dayton #daytongram
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: an early #daytonartinstitute #metalworking class, most likely at the original Monument Avenue location in the 1920s. #tbt #daytongram #dayton #art #history
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: the #museum's Gothic Cloister, prior to being enclosed. Today, the Cloister hosts weddings, concerts & many other events! #Dayton #daytonartinstitute #daytongram #tbt #history #architecture
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: A school group tours the #daytonartinstitute, circa 1950s. #tbt #dayton #daytongram #history #art #museum #education
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: Joy of the Waters in the #garden of the #daytonartinstitute's original home at Monument & St. Clair in downtown #Dayton. The garden was patterned after the garden at #Adena, home of Thomas Worthington (1773-1827), sixth governor of #Oh
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: #construction progress on the #daytonartinstitute's new home, July 14, #1928. #tbt #dayton #daytongram #art #museum #museums #history #ohio #ohiogram
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: An aerial view (most likely taken from the roof of the #MasonicCenter) as building #construction progresses at the #daytonartinstitute in the winter of 1928/29. #dayton #daytongram #tbt #history #art #museum #museums #1920s
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: Okay, fess up ... how many of you did this as a kid (or have parents who did this as a kid)??? #daytonartinstitute #dayton #daytongram #leo #leothelion #statue #sculpture #museum #art #tbt #history
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: In this #vintage photo, dated July 14, 1928, #construction progresses on the front of the #daytonartinstitute building. #dayton #daytongram #tbt #history #art #museum #1920s
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: A #sculpture class at the School of the #daytonartinstitute, circa early #1930s. At right is Robert C. Koepnick, head of the sculpture department at the DAI from 1936-1975 and the subject of the current retrospective "Art for Citizens
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: #armor display in the #museum's Great Hall. #daytonartinstitute #dayton #daytongram #tbt #history #knight #knights
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: Unpacking works for the special exhibition #French #Paintings 1789-1929 from the Collection of Walter P. #Chrysler, Jr., which was shown at the #museum from March 25 - May 22, 1960.The painting in the foreground is #Renoir's The Daught
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: Peacocks (as well as other assorted birds and animals) once roamed the #museum grounds! #dayton #daytonartinstitute #daytongram #DYTsBest #tbt #history #daytonunkown #daytonhistory
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday: aerial view of the #daytonartinstitute as it appeared in the mid #1970s. #tbt #history #dayton #daytongram #art #museum
Dayton Art Institute:
This week's #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to #1971 for a Twilight #Concert, when they were held outdoors in the Italian Cloister. Two more concerts remain on this year's Twilight series, on August 13 & 20. #daytonartinstitute #dayton #daytongram #DYTsB
Dayton Art Institute:
This week's #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to #OktoberfestDayton 1973, before the #museum's Gothic Cloister was enclosed. When was your first #Oktoberfest? The 2014 edition takes place September26-28. #tbt #history #dayton #daytonartinstitute #daytongra
Dayton Art Institute:
#ThrowbackThursday takes us back to the first #OktoberfestDayton in 1972 - 7,000 people attended and #beer was 10 cents! For more about this year's #Oktoberfest, Sept. 26-28, visit our website. #tbt #history #dayton #daytonartinstitute #daytongram #festiv
