ART READS WITH DAI
ART READS WITH DAI
Dig Deeper with Art Reads
Dayton Metro Library and Dayton Art Institute, opens a new window are excited to deepen our ongoing partnership! In order to celebrate Dayton Art Institute's special exhibitions, opens a new window, DML Librarians have created related booklists. We hope that these booklists will help patrons extend their DAI experience with further reading of recommended DML materials.
Checkout a DAI Pass
Check out a Family Pass to the Dayton Art Institute from your Dayton Metro Library.
Each membership admits up to 2 adults and up to 4 children to the DAI – including access to the collection galleries and all museum exhibitions. Memberships may be checked out for up to three weeks. They can be reserved in person or online, and they are not renewable.
DAI Special Exhibition
The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art
On Display at DAI October 18, 2025 - January 11, 2026
The Triumph of Nature presents the refined, ever-popular, and elegant curvilinear designs and nature-based motifs of Art Nouveau. From the rich holdings of the Chrysler Museum of Art, more than 120 turn-of-the-20th-century treasures are included, with works by Tiffany, Mucha, Gallé, Beardsley, and many others. Furniture, paintings, sculpture, mosaics, books, posters, prints, lamps, glass art, and more highlight the innovative ways artists made harmonious visual arrangements. The DAI is the exclusive Ohio venue for this major traveling exhibition.
