Birmingham Museum of Art
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Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sculpture Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 11 miles off.
The story
The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama. Its collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing various cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American. The museum is also home to some Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to c. 1750.
The Birmingham Museum of Art is owned by the City of Birmingham and encompasses 3.9 acres (16,000 m2) in the city's cultural district. Erected in 1959, the present building was designed by architects Warren, Knight & Davis, and a major renovation and expansion by Edward Larrabee Barnes of New York was completed in 1993. The facility encompasses 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2), including an outdoor sculpture garden. The memorial garden at the museum was established in 1955 by Red Mountain Garden Club president, Fariss Gambrill Lynn. It was expanded and altered as the museum expanded. The museum is part of the Monuments Men and Women Museum Network, launched in 2021 by the Monuments Men and Women Foundation.
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Dates from 1951.
Wikidata Q865736, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1951
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds
Named places within 25 miles
- Linn Park: 0.1 mi
- Henley Park: 0.1 mi
- Marconi Park: 0.4 mi
- Kelly Ingram Park: 0.5 mi
- Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Shades Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Irish Hill: 4.7 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Little Valley Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Lassiter Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Steelworker: 0.0 mi
- Heaviest Corner on Earth: 0.6 mi
- Donor Memorial: 1.3 mi
- The Storyteller: 1.7 mi
- Decil’s Fountain: 1.7 mi
- Alabama Sports Hall of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books: 0.5 mi
- McWane Science Center: 0.5 mi
- Vulcan Museum: 2.3 mi
- Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 0.0 mi
- Jones Valley Teaching Farm: 0.5 mi
- UAB Upperclassmen Green: 1.7 mi
- Blazer Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Avondale Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
- Magic City Sign: 0.8 mi
- Complex Vision Mozaic: 1.4 mi
- Blaze: 1.5 mi
- Five Points South: 1.7 mi
- Vulcan: 2.3 mi
- Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark: 1.0 mi
- Vulcan: 2.3 mi
- Irondale Public Library: 7.2 mi
- Trussville Entertainment District: 13.3 mi
- Maggie's Glen: 13.4 mi
- Cannon Pavillion: 16.2 mi
- Tilton Arbor: 16.2 mi
- Front Porch: 16.2 mi
- Judson Day Gazeebo: 16.3 mi
- Lifeguard Gazeebo: 16.3 mi
- Ruffner Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Moss Rock Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Bolton-Orr Ecological Preserve at Ebenezer Wetlands: 24.3 mi
- Laurel Point: 16.0 mi
- Falling Rock: 24.7 mi
- Bike Repair: 8.5 mi
- Spoonwood Lake Beach: 13.3 mi
- Peavine Falls: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Birmingham Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Rock Mountain | ENE 76° | 475 m | 23.1 mi |
| Signal Mountain | ESE 123° | 460 m | 15.8 mi |
| Sand Mountain | ESE 114° | 447 m | 16.7 mi |
| Butler Mountain | NE 39° | 430 m | 17.7 mi |
| Foster Mountain | NE 41° | 421 m | 17.2 mi |
| Cahaba Mountain | NE 46° | 419 m | 22.5 mi |
| Black Oak Mountain | NE 41° | 413 m | 16.4 mi |
| Praytor Mountain | NE 41° | 411 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:06 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birmingham AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1360138469
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