Barnes Foundation
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Barnes Foundation is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.5 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. Originally in Merion, the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The arboretum of the Barnes Foundation remains in Merion, where it has been proposed that it be maintained under a long-term educational affiliation agreement with Saint Joseph's University. The Barnes was founded in 1922 by Albert C. Barnes, who made his fortune by co-developing Argyrol, an antiseptic silver compound that was used to combat gonorrhea and inflammations of the eye, ear, nose, and throat. He sold his business, the A.C. Barnes Company, just months before the stock market crash of 1929. Today, the foundation owns more than 4,000 objects, including over 900 paintings, estimated to be worth about $25 billion. These are primarily works by Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modernist masters, but the collection also includes many other paintings by leading European and American artists, as well as African art, antiquities from China, Egypt, and Greece, and Native American art. In the 1990s, the Foundation's declining finances led its leaders to various controversial moves, including sending artworks on a world tour and proposing to move the collection to Philadelphia. After numerous court challenges, the new Barnes building opened on Benjamin Franklin Parkway on May 19, 2012. The foundation's current president and executive director, Thomas "Thom" Collins, was appointed on January 7, 2015.
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Dates from 1922.
Wikidata Q808462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Blue Route
- 22.5 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 22.8 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 27 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 28 mi
- South Overlook · 29 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Frank N. Piasecki (1919-2008): 0.1 mi
- Central Library: 0.1 mi
- Shakespeare Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Calder Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Rodin Museum: 0.1 mi
- Franklin Institute: 0.2 mi
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: 0.3 mi
- Carpenters Museum: 0.3 mi
- The Gates of Hell: 0.1 mi
- The Thinker: 0.1 mi
- Francisco de Miranda: 0.1 mi
- Budd BB-1 Pioneer Aircraft: 0.1 mi
- Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Rob Stuart Memorial Dog Park; Winter Street Greenway: 0.1 mi
- Aviator Park: 0.2 mi
- Logan Square: 0.2 mi
- Matthias Baldwin Park: 0.2 mi
- Binswanger Triangle: 0.3 mi
- The Universal Sphere: 0.4 mi
- Rocky Steps: 0.5 mi
- One Liberty Observation Deck: 0.6 mi
- Reading Terminal: 0.9 mi
- Chinatown Friendship Gate: 1.0 mi
- Spring Garden Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Corinthian Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Anne d'Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
- Lemon Ridge Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.8 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 2.6 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 6.5 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 7.5 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 7.8 mi
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 1.1 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 2.8 mi
- Fairmount: 0.6 mi
- Lemon Hill: 1.1 mi
- Georges Hill: 3.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 8.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 8.8 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 6.3 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 14.4 mi
- Kerr Spring: 24.4 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 13.8 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 14.7 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Monkey Rock: 13.3 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 15.8 mi
- Darling: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barnes Foundation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 295° | 188 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 299° | 176 m | 18.3 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 245° | 137 m | 20.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 347° | 136 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 270° | 125 m | 14.7 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 264° | 113 m | 23.1 mi |
| Militia Hill | NNW 344° | 104 m | 11.5 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 354° | 104 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Philadelphia · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City East · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Northwest · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Old City · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/West · 2 mi
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