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Directions to the Davis Museum and Cultural Center
By car:
From the east:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) West to Exit 15 (Weston/I-95/Route 128). Travel south 2 miles on I-95/ Route 128 for 2 miles to Exit 20B (Framingham/Worcester/ Route 9 West). Drive west on Route 9 for 3.9 miles. Watch for the green Weston Road/Weston sign. Immediately after that sign, take the exit marked Wellesley/Needham. At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Weston Road. Drive 1 mile to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 135. Turn right onto 135 West and drive one-half mile to the first traffic light, which will be at the main entrance of the College (College Road). Turn left onto College Road.

Once on campus, Admission Office visitors with parking permits should follow signs along College Road to the Admission parking lot (0.6 miles from the College entrance). All other visitors may park in the Davis Parking Facility at the Route 135 entrance to the College, immediately to the right after the main entrance.

From the west:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) to Exit 13 (Natick/Framingham/Route 30). Take Route 30 East 0.2 miles to the first set of lights. Turn right on Speen Street and drive 1.8 miles to the intersection with Route 135. Take a left onto Route 135 East and drive 3.6 miles to a traffic light, which will be at the main entrance of the College. Once on campus, Admission Office visitors with parking permits should follow signs along College Road to the Admission parking lot (0.6 miles from the College entrance). All other visitors may park in the Davis Parking Facility immediately to the right after the main entrance.

From the north and south: take Interstate 95, Route 128 north to exit 21B, Route 16 West. Follow Route 16 west for 3 miles to the town of Wellesley. At the center of Wellesley, stay to the right on Route 135 west. At the third traffic light, take a left into the main entrance to the college. Follow the road down the hill. The Davis Museum is the building at the third right.

By public transportation:
The Davis Museum is about a ten minute walk from the Wellesley Square stop on the MBTA Worcester/Framingham Commuter Rail line. This train can be boarded in Boston at South Station (Red Line Subway) and Back Bay Station (Orange Line Subway) or at any other station along its route.

Click here for MBTA maps and schedules.


For more information, please visit: Travel Directions To the College

© 2004 - Davis Museum and Cultural Center
Provider Name: Jim Olson - jolson@wellesley.edu
Created: January 14, 2003
Last Modified: January 14, 2003
Expires: March 19, 2009
above: Photograph of sign in the Davis Museum plaza. above: Book of Hours (Use of Amiens) – St. Christopher (detail), ca. 1480. Manuscript with rubricated text on vellum, 4 ¾ x 3 in. Gift of Nancy Angell Streeter (Class of 1950) in honor of Lilian Armstrong (Class of 1958) and Peter Fergusson, 2000.23.
above: Guillermo Kuitca, San Titulo (Untitled) (detail), 1992. Painted mattress on wooden platform, 13 ¾ x 44 1/8 x 23 ¼ in. Museum purchase, 2001.9.