Boise Art Museum
Boise Art Museum is a museum in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 819 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Bright Land, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Boise Art Museum (BAM) is located at 670 Julia Davis Drive in Boise, Idaho, and is part of a series of public museums and cultural attractions in Julia Davis Park. It is the permanent home of a growing collection of contemporary realism, modern and contemporary ceramics, as well as the largest public collection of works by acclaimed Idaho outsider artist and bookmaker James Charles Castle. The museum also features major traveling exhibitions and installations throughout the year. The museum began as the Boise Gallery of Art, opening in 1937 through a partnership between the Boise Art Association, the City of Boise and the Federal Works Progress Administration as a space for people living in the Boise area to see local artists, traveling exhibitions and artwork on loan. The museum's original Art Deco and Egyptian Revival building was renovated in 1972 and again in 1988 when the name was changed to the Boise Art Museum and the museum increased focus on the development of a permanent collection and educational programming. In 1997, the museum was expanded again to include larger administrative offices, storage, a sculpture court and educational studios. Today the Boise Art Museum is the only AAM accredited museum collecting fine art in Idaho and functions as a center for fine arts in the Treasure Valley.
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Dates from 1937.
Wikidata Q24191518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Bright Land: 0.0 mi
- Vibrant City: 0.1 mi
- Floral Finale: 0.1 mi
- Do Not Open: 0.2 mi
- Botanica Industria: 0.2 mi
- John M. Booth Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Julia Davis Park: 0.3 mi
- C. W. Moore Park: 0.4 mi
- The Quad: 0.4 mi
- Grove Plaza Park: 0.4 mi
- Table Rock: 3.2 mi
- Lucky Peak: 7.3 mi
- Aldape Peak: 7.7 mi
- Eagleson Summit: 7.9 mi
- Highland Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Steve Appleton Statue: 0.3 mi
- Dr Bong Shin Memorial Plaque: 0.4 mi
- Oregon Trail Obelisk: Developing Roads: 0.5 mi
- Hospitality Of Nez Perce Statue: 0.6 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum: 1.2 mi
- All Saints Refugee Garden: 1.3 mi
- Mary Grunewald McGown Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
- English Garden: 2.3 mi
- Idaho State Museum: 0.1 mi
- Idaho Black History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Discovery Center of Idaho: 0.4 mi
- Old Idaho Penitentiary: 2.3 mi
- Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology: 2.3 mi
- North End Native Plant Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Foothills East Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Chief Eagle Eye Reserve: 1.8 mi
- Hulls Gulch Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Mesa Reserve (Satz Family Plot): 2.7 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 1.5 mi
- A-10: 3.5 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 11.3 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 15.1 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Barclay Bay Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Riverside Beach: 6.2 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 9.2 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 10.3 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 10.4 mi
- Baldwin: 2.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boise Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Butte | NNE 28° | 2,308 m | 12.6 mi |
| Thorn Creek Butte | ENE 68° | 2,290.572 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,279 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mores Mountain | NNE 25° | 2,202 m | 13.8 mi |
| Doe Point | NNE 29° | 2,151 m | 11.4 mi |
| Deer Point | NNE 28° | 2,150 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bob's Knob | NNE 34° | 2,024 m | 12.6 mi |
| Gardiner Peak | NE 43° | 2,011 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:47 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:25 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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