Here we list museums affiliated with Arts departments, and others
that serve as resources for UC Davis instructors and
students. By clicking on a museum’s name you will be
redirected to its website.
Enhancing the teaching and research activities of the Department
of Design, the UC Davis Design Museum explores how design shapes,
improves and makes economically viable the objects, technology
and environments we use, inhabit and experience every day.
The C.N. Gorman Museum is committed to the creative expressions
of Native American artists, and artists of diverse cultures and
histories. Changing exhibits feature contemporary
artwork in a wide range of media, reflecting the canon in which
Indigenous artists are working today. Founded in 1973 by
the Department of Native American Studies, the museum is named in
honor of retired faculty member, Carl Nelson Gorman, Navajo
artist, WWII code-talker, cultural historian, and advocate for
Native peoples.
The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of
Art began with a $2 million gift from Margrit Mondavi and a
naming gift of $10 million from Jan Shrem and his wife, Maria
Manetti Shrem. The museum broke ground in March of 2014.
Grounded in the legacy of UC Davis’ world-renowned
first-generation art faculty, the Jan Shrem and Maria
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art will be a hub of creative
practice for today’s thinkers, makers and innovators, now and for
generations to come. Opening date is set for November 13, 2016.
Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (TANA) is a collaborative
partnership between the Chicana/o Studies Program at the
University of California, Davis and the greater Woodland
community.