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Alaska State Museum

Alaska State Museum, a museum in Alaska
Alaska State Museum, a museum in Alaskagillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alaska State Museum, a museum in Alaska
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Alaska State Museum, a museum in Alaska
gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alaska State Museum, a museum in Alaska
gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alaska State Museum, a museum in Alaska
gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alaska State Museum, a museum in Alaska
gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Alaska State Museum is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. The Dukes stands 1,953 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Nimbus, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 6.9 miles off.

About

The story

The Alaska State Museum is a museum in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It was established in 1900 to collect both the human and natural history of Alaska. The museum was moved to a new building after a $139 million refurbishment, reopening in 2016.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q1426502, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates58.30002, -134.41587
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 11
  • Bishop Michael H. Kenny Memorial Peace Park: 0.3 mi
  • Capital School Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cathedral Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cope Park: 0.3 mi
  • Marine Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Liberty Bell Reproduction: 0.2 mi
  • Sealaska Cultural Values Pole: 0.3 mi
  • Eagle Pole: 0.3 mi
  • Haida Raven Pole: 0.4 mi
  • Tsimshian Pole: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Nimbus: 0.0 mi
  • Windfall Fisherman: 0.2 mi
  • William H. Seward: 0.2 mi
  • Before I Die ...: 0.3 mi
  • Hard Rock Miners statue: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 5
Museums: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Sandy Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Lena Beach: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Juneau Arboretum: 18.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Alaska State Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The DukesN 5°1,953 m19.0 mi
Princess PeakN 4°1,946 m18.0 mi
Mount WratherN 349°1,783 m13.5 mi
Spencer PeakN 360°1,746 m13.0 mi
Split ThumbNNE 27°1,716 m8.3 mi
Nugget MountainNNE 14°1,695 m9.1 mi
North Nugget SpireNNE 14°1,671 m9.4 mi
Amherst PeakN 6°1,665 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2019:12
June solstice03:5220:5622:09
September equinox06:4318:0718:59
December solstice08:4513:3015:08

Local time (America/Juneau).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303235425056575751443633
Precip in5.95.26.24.85.14.96.27.812.712.38.89.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Juneau Dwtn, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/112909707

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