Bruce Museum
Bruce Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Oneida Drive/Indian Harbor Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
The Bruce Museum (colloquially referred to as The Bruce or The New Bruce) is an art, science and natural history museum located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Bruce's main building sits on a hill in a downtown park, and its tower (not open to the public) can be easily seen by drivers passing by on Interstate 95. Permanent exhibits include minerals, area Native American history and culture, changes in the area landscape and environment by human activity, and dioramas of Connecticut woodland wildlife and birds. The museum hosts changing exhibitions of art, photography, natural history, science, history and culture. A second location, the Bruce Museum Seaside Center, is maintained at Greenwich Point Park, focusing on beach-related exhibits, including a touch-tank. The museum also has a "Brucemobile" with exhibits in a traveling van for outreach education. The museum hosts frequent lectures, classes and social events. The museum has hosted a local arts festival for over 40 years. The festival includes juried artist selections and is recognized nationally as one of the top fine arts festivals. Between 2020 and 2023, the museum tripled its size with the addition of The New Bruce, a facility on three floors with over 43,000-square-foot exhibition space. The addition contains the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Education Wing and the William L. Richter Art Wing.
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Dates from 1912.
Wikidata Q4978056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 8.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oneida Drive/Indian Harbor Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Diving Island: 1.1 mi
- Admiral Sir Gordon Ramsey Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Sachem Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Delacorte/Hubbard Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Bruce Park Playground: 0.1 mi
- Grass Island Park: 0.3 mi
- Roger Sherman Baldwin Park: 0.3 mi
- Grass Island: 0.5 mi
- Bruce Park: 0.6 mi
- Bruce Museum: 0.2 mi
- Putnam Cottage Museum: 1.3 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- MNH Outpost: 3.3 mi
- Whittingham Discovery Center: 4.6 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 0.4 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 1.3 mi
- José Martí: 2.6 mi
- Stamford Cone: 4.5 mi
- Samford Sign: 4.7 mi
- Greenwich Civil War Monument: 1.2 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Civil War Monument Park: 2.9 mi
- War Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Harbor Point Beach: 1.4 mi
- Uncas Point Beach: 2.8 mi
- Hawthorne Beach: 2.8 mi
- Fords Beach: 3.4 mi
- Rye Beach: 4.8 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 2.5 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 7.8 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 10.0 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 11.0 mi
- Holly Grove: 2.6 mi
- South Lake Walk: 3.8 mi
- East Woodland Walk: 3.9 mi
- West Woodland Walk: 4.0 mi
- Water Lily Garden: 4.0 mi
- South Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Palmer Hill: 4.2 mi
- Round Hill: 6.5 mi
- High Point: 7.1 mi
- Webbs Hill: 7.2 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
- The Meadow: 8.3 mi
- Upper Education Area: 11.8 mi
- Lower Education Area: 11.9 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 9.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.0 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Raven's Rock: 11.5 mi
- Farms Falls: 7.3 mi
- The Falls: 14.6 mi
- Cascade: 17.8 mi
- Sheep Falls: 18.1 mi
- Cascade: 19.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 4.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 4.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 9.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.1 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 5.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Bruce Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | N 355° | 229 m | 14.5 mi |
| Guard Hill | NNW 342° | 226 m | 13.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | N 5° | 223 m | 16.2 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NW 324° | 219 m | 13.1 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NW 316° | 216 m | 12.6 mi |
| McKesson Hill | NNW 326° | 213 m | 13.9 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | WNW 303° | 211 m | 11.8 mi |
| Becks Hill | NNE 21° | 208 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/367140327
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