Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art
Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Kaaterskill High Peak stands 1,113 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wishbone, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
The CCS Hessel Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of Bard College, in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York. The museum was built in 2006. The Hessel Museum is housed in the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS). The Museum draws from the Marieluise Hessel Collection of Contemporary Art, which contains more than 1,700 objects on permanent loan to Bard. The Hessel Museum activates the collection for research for students, faculty and the general public through exhibitions, publications, and events – on site and through digital resources.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2006.
Wikidata Q57272143, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bard College
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 16 mi
- High Falls · 17 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 21 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Annandale Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Ulster Landing Park: 2.0 mi
- Glasco Mini-Park: 2.0 mi
- Red Hook Recreation Park: 2.1 mi
- Abrams Park: 2.3 mi
- Whaleback: 0.8 mi
- Beckwith Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Rutsen: 4.4 mi
- Cross Hill: 4.7 mi
- Mount Marion: 5.0 mi
- Turkey Point State Forest: 1.6 mi
- Israel Wittman Sanctuary: 6.5 mi
- Thorn Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Great Vly Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Northeastern Cave Conservancy: 8.6 mi
- Shell Midden: 1.8 mi
- Butler Rockshelter: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Rondout Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Veterans' Monument: 7.9 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 3.3 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 3.5 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 3.5 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 3.6 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 3.6 mi
- The Story Studio: 2.6 mi
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum: 4.3 mi
- Kiersted House: 4.5 mi
- Trolley Museum of New York: 7.7 mi
- Riverport Wooden Boat School: 7.8 mi
- Trap Cliff: 0.9 mi
- Ministers Face: 9.7 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 10.5 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 11.6 mi
- Wishbone: 0.0 mi
- America: 0.2 mi
- Stargon: 0.8 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 0.9 mi
- Love is in the Air: 4.3 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 0.2 mi
- Bard Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 0.3 mi
- Rough Garden: 0.5 mi
- Ellipse: 0.5 mi
- South Landing: 1.8 mi
- West Landing: 1.8 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 1.9 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 4.0 mi
- Kingston Point Beach: 6.8 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 7.9 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 12.0 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 15.8 mi
- wings castle: 17.3 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 19.2 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 19.1 mi
- Bear Wallow: 20.3 mi
- Bear Wallow: 20.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 21.6 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 23.7 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 3.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaaterskill High Peak | NW 319° | 1,113.13 m | 13.0 mi |
| Twin Mountain | WNW 304° | 1,112.52 m | 13.2 mi |
| Twin Mountain South Summit | WNW 302° | 1,085 m | 12.8 mi |
| Indian Head Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,083 m | 12.2 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | WNW 296° | 956 m | 10.2 mi |
| Plattekill Mountain | NW 304° | 942 m | 10.7 mi |
| South Twin | WNW 297° | 880.8 m | 12.8 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 329° | 752 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Kinderhook · 30 mi
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