Blaffer Art Museum
Blaffer Art Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Orpheus, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Blaffer Art Museum is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in the Arts District of the University of Houston campus. Housed in the university’s Fine Arts Building, it is part of the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts. It was founded in 1973 and has won several awards, including the Coming Up Taller Award as part of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The museum presents focus and major monographic and group exhibitions of national and international contemporary artists as well as artwork by University of Houston School of Art students.
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Dates from 1973.
Wikidata Q4923831, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Orpheus: 0.0 mi
- Manole Uprising Sled: 0.0 mi
- Benches: 0.1 mi
- Ali: 0.1 mi
- Flower Woman: 0.1 mi
- Wilhelmina's Grove: 0.1 mi
- Butler Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Cullen Family Plaza Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Student Life Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Lynn Eusan Park: 0.4 mi
- KUHT-TV, Channel 8: 0.2 mi
- The Turkey Day Classic: 0.5 mi
- George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III: 0.9 mi
- Barbara Charline Jordan: 0.9 mi
- Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church: 1.0 mi
- House of Tiny Treasures: 0.8 mi
- Jenkins Garden: 1.5 mi
- Mithoff Family Foundation Chapman and Clea's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Allen Family Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
- Maconda's Grove: 2.1 mi
- The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum: 2.3 mi
- Houston Fire Museum: 2.5 mi
- Children's Museum of Houston: 2.6 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 2.6 mi
- Holocaust Museum Houston: 2.6 mi
- Eco Station: 2.6 mi
- Flow Works: 2.6 mi
- Weather Station: 2.6 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 3.1 mi
- TXU Energy presents Mythical Realms: 3.1 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 2.2 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 2.2 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 2.2 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 2.3 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 2.4 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 2.5 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 3.6 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 5.4 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 7.2 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 4.3 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 4.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blaffer Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | E 92° | 3 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:51 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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