American Visionary Art Museum
American Visionary Art Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Whirligig, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. National Historic Seaport runs past it. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is an art museum located in Baltimore, Maryland's Federal Hill neighborhood at 800 Key Highway. The museum specializes in the preservation and display of outsider art (also known as "intuitive art," "raw art," or "art brut"). The city agreed to give the museum a piece of land on the south shore of the Inner Harbor under the condition that its organizers would clean up residual pollution from a copper paint factory and a whiskey warehouse that formerly occupied the site. It has been designated by Congress as America's national museum for visionary art. AVAM's 1.1 acre campus contains 67,000 square feet of exhibition space and a permanent collection of approximately 4,000 pieces. The permanent collection includes works by visionary artists like Ho Baron, Nek Chand, Howard Finster, Vanessa German, Mr. Imagination (a.k.a. Gregory Warmack), Leonard Knight, William Kurelek, Leo Sewell, Judith Scott, Ben Wilson, as well as over 40 pieces from the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre of London. AVAM artists, the museum boasts, include “farmers, housewives, mechanics, the disabled, the homeless. . . all inspired by the fire within.” The museum's Main Building features three floors of exhibition space, and the campus includes a Tall Sculpture Barn and Wildflower Garden, along with large exhibition and event spaces in the Jim Rouse Visionary Center. The museum has no staff curators, preferring to use guest curators for its shows. Rather than focusing shows on specific artists or styles, it sponsors themed exhibitions with titles such as Wind in Your Hair and High on Life. The museum's founder, Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, takes pride in the fact that AVAM is "pretty un-museumy".
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Dates from 1995.
Wikidata Q2843060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the National Historic Seaport
- 0.4 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 0.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 2.1 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- Elephant Overlook · 4 mi
- Rappe's Overlook · 8 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 8 mi
- Abandoned Quarry · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whirligig: 0.0 mi
- Birds Nest Balcony: 0.0 mi
- Aurora Borealis: 0.0 mi
- Bluebird of Happiness: 0.1 mi
- Untitled: 0.3 mi
- Armistead Monument: 0.1 mi
- Samuel Smith Monument: 0.1 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Sundial: 0.1 mi
- National Katyń Memorial: 0.4 mi
- William Donald Shaefer Statue: 0.4 mi
- Federal Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Rash Field Park: 0.2 mi
- Bay Buddies Garden Park: 0.3 mi
- Robert Baker Park: 0.3 mi
- West Shore Park: 0.3 mi
- History of the Inner harbor Exhibit: 0.2 mi
- Maryland Science Center: 0.3 mi
- USS Torsk: 0.4 mi
- Baltimore Civil War Museum: 0.4 mi
- USCGC Taney: 0.4 mi
- Light Street City Farm: 0.7 mi
- Heath Street City Farm: 0.8 mi
- Upper Fell’s Point Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden: 1.1 mi
- Pigtown Food For Thought Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Fountain at Charles Center: 0.9 mi
- Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.9 mi
- Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower: 0.9 mi
- Shield of Baltimore City: 0.9 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 2.5 mi
- Rosemont Park: 3.4 mi
- African Journey: 3.7 mi
- Fort Carroll Sanctuary: 6.6 mi
- Burnside Park: 6.6 mi
- Federal Hill: 0.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.0 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.0 mi
- Bend Hill: 4.7 mi
- German Hill: 4.8 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.2 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 7.2 mi
- Avalon Area: 7.3 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 7.8 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 8.1 mi
- Miami Beach: 12.8 mi
- Dog Beach: 14.7 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 16.2 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 16.7 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 17.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.8 mi
- Friction Wall: 10.0 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 10.2 mi
- Crises Spring: 3.6 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 3.8 mi
- Marble Springs: 10.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 24.7 mi
- Round Falls: 3.1 mi
- failed mill dam: 3.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.2 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.8 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 6.4 mi
- Daniels: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of American Visionary Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Hill | NNW 344° | 200 m | 12.9 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 344° | 191 m | 14.9 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 276° | 169 m | 10.2 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 309° | 157 m | 19.3 mi |
| Abell Ridge | N 351° | 155 m | 9.2 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNE 21° | 151 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NNE 33° | 149 m | 16.2 mi |
| Cub Hill | NNE 27° | 147 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 0 mi
- Central Maryland · 0 mi
- Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 1 mi
- Baltimore/East Baltimore · 2 mi
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