Davis Farmers Market — The Davis Farmers Market is a popular attraction with booths with produce, poultry, meats, cheeses, plants, etc. Some stands take apple pay, all take cash, and some accept venmo. HOURS: 8 am-1pm on Saturdays, 4-8 on Wednesdays for Picnic in the Park.
The history of the Davis Farmers Market begins with the social awakening of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which set the stage for the establishment of alternative, local food systems. Since then, farmers’ markets, led by Davis, a college town in the Sacramento Valley, and by California, have exploded across the country. Today, there are more than 7,100 farmers’ markets nationwide – more than 700 of them in California.
The Davis market, in the city’s Central Park, takes up about a third of a 5-acre park on Saturday mornings and more on Wednesday evenings during Picnic in the Park. It operates under a pavilion built with public funds, and it draws 7,000 to 10,000 people each week.
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on the UC Davis campus.
No reservations or tickets are needed, and the museum is always Free for All. With the same passion for experimentation that first brought prominence to the arts at UC Davis, the Manetti Shrem Museum cultivates transformational art experiences to inspire new thinking and the open exchange of ideas. Serving both the public and our university community with a dynamic artistic program, the museum: presents exhibitions and events that advance students’ understanding of their place in the world; connects to faculty teaching and research; and creates a lively forum for community engagement and creative practice.
Gorman Museum of Native American Art on the UC Davis campus.
Free admission for all. The Gorman Museum of Native American Art was founded in 1973 by the Department of Native American Studies in honor of retired faculty member, Carl Nelson Gorman, Navajo artist, WWII code-talker, cultural historian, and advocate for Native peoples. As a founding faculty member of Native American Studies, Gorman was the first faculty member to teach Native American art at UC Davis in 1969.
The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at UC Davis is committed to contemporary Native American Art that enacts “Visual Sovereignty” by stimulating critical thinking through politically and socially engaging exhibitions.
UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden
In July 2011, all of UC Davis' land-based operational units: the Arboretum, Grounds and Landscape Services and the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve merged to create the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
Now, the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden spans the campus’s 5300-plus acres and includes the historic Arboretum – a 100-plus acre campus and regional amenity comprised of demonstration gardens and scientific collections as well as the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve – a rare stream and grassland ecosystem managed for teaching, research, wildlife and habitat protection.
The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on the UC Davis campus
The Mondavi Center explores the full range of the performing arts, from the traditional to the innovative, and from diverse cultures and disciplines through presentation, education, public service, and research. As part of the UC Davis mission as a land grant university, the Mondavi Center provides outstanding cultural programming, support for the University’s academic departments, and a professional laboratory to train students in the performing arts.
