Bronzeville Children's Museum
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Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Marian R. Byrnes Park, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the Calumet Heights community area of the South Side of Chicago. It is the first and only African American children's museum in the United States. Founded in 1998, the museum moved to its current location at 9301 South Stony Island Avenue in the Pill Hill neighborhood in 2008.
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Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q4974268, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 0.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 2.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes: 3.0 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Park 565 "Indian Ridge Marsh": 3.6 mi
- Burnside Park: 0.7 mi
- Merrill Park: 0.8 mi
- Jesse Owens Park: 0.8 mi
- Pine Park: 1.0 mi
- Dougherty Park: 1.1 mi
- Jesse Owens: 0.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Drake Fountain: 1.6 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Viertnam War Memorial: 2.0 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 1.7 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 2.7 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 2.8 mi
- Obama Presidential Center Museum: 4.2 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 4.3 mi
- The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 1.8 mi
- We All Come Together as One: 1.8 mi
- Sky Art: 1.8 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Mural: 1.9 mi
- Sims Metal Management Mural: 2.3 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 2.3 mi
- Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 2.5 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 2.7 mi
- 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.4 mi
- Al Capone's House: 3.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 4.2 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.6 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.2 mi
- South Shore Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 16: 3.7 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 3.9 mi
- Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 4.0 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 2.9 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 3.0 mi
- Calumet Beach: 3.0 mi
- Munson Beach: 3.2 mi
- South Shore Beach: 3.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.5 mi
- Players Hill: 14.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 23.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 10.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 18.8 mi
- Tedens: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bronzeville Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 113° | 214 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 343° | 204 m | 21.5 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 114° | 195 m | 18.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 318° | 187 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/300590195
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 2 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 3 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 6 mi
- Evergreen Park · 6 mi
- Blue Island · 7 mi
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