American Bookbinders Museum
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American Bookbinders Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Node, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
The story
The American Bookbinders Museum is a small, not-for-profit museum in San Francisco, California, dedicated to showcasing the artistry, history, and craft of bookbinding. The Museum opened as a private museum in 2009. In 2015 it relocated to a larger location in the South of Market neighborhood, where it opened to the public, offering docent-led and self-guided tours. The Museum focuses on the history of the book as object, examining the transition in the 1800s from hand-bookbinding to industrialized book manufacture, using 19th century equipment, much of it functioning. The Museum, a nonprofit corporation, was started by Tim James, a Bay Area bookbinder. In 2017 James stepped away from his involvement in the Museum, which continued in operation. In addition to tours, the Museum hosts rotating exhibits, as well as special tours and workshops. The Museum has a Special Collection of books, equipment, and ephemera which is available to researchers. The New York Times described it as "a small, obsessive collection of machinery and ephemera."
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Wikidata Q65072545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 9 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Node: 0.1 mi
- Urge: 0.2 mi
- Geneses: 0.2 mi
- Shaking Man: 0.2 mi
- Lionbull: 0.2 mi
- Learning Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 0.2 mi
- East Garden: 0.3 mi
- Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Howard & Langton Mini Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- The Parks at 5M: 0.2 mi
- The Parks at 5M: 0.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Victoria Manalo Draves Park: 0.3 mi
- Annie St Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Ohlone Indian Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 0.3 mi
- Victoria Manalo Draves: 0.3 mi
- California Bell: 0.4 mi
- Cable Car Turntable (Powell & Market): 0.4 mi
- Dragon Gate: 0.7 mi
- Salesforce Park Cable Car: 0.7 mi
- California and Powell streets: 0.8 mi
- Transamerica Pyramid: 1.0 mi
- Rincon Hill: 0.6 mi
- Nob Hill: 1.1 mi
- Russian Hill: 1.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.5 mi
- Lafayette Heights: 1.5 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 3.4 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Fort Funston: 6.9 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.6 mi
- Tern Nesting: 8.5 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 1.5 mi
- East Beach: 3.2 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 4.4 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 5.3 mi
- Radio Beach: 5.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 4.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.2 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.3 mi
- Kent Falls: 12.0 mi
- Dawn Falls: 13.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.0 mi
- Old Spring: 8.6 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 13.6 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.4 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 9.4 mi
- Aramai Point: 13.2 mi
- Vent 5: 13.5 mi
- Chab: 15.4 mi
- Lynn: 9.4 mi
- Winehaven: 11.8 mi
- Russell City: 17.2 mi
- Stokes Landing: 19.0 mi
- Eckley: 21.8 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 2.8 mi
- Quarters A: 2.9 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 7.3 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.9 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of American Bookbinders Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSW 195° | 371 m | 6.7 mi |
| Richardson East | NW 313° | 338.6 m | 7.1 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NW 308° | 317.297 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SW 223° | 283 m | 4.1 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NW 308° | 282 m | 6.0 mi |
| Hawk Hill | WNW 302° | 281 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Sutro | WSW 242° | 278 m | 3.4 mi |
| Noe Peak | SW 230° | 274 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/173886707
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