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Children's Creativity Museum

Children's Creativity Museum, a museum in California
Children's Creativity Museum, a museum in CaliforniaCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Children's Creativity Museum, a museum in California
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Children's Creativity Museum, a museum in California
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Children's Creativity Museum, a museum in California
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Children's Creativity Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Urge, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

The Children's Creativity Museum is an interactive museum for children aged 2–12 years, located in Yerba Buena Gardens, in San Francisco, California. It offers workshops and exhibits that allow children to produce their own media through various interactive, creative processes: stop motion animation, programming robots, music video production, design challenges, art projects, and more. It has around 100,000 museum visitors annually (as of 2016/17). The Children's Creativity Museum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, with annual revenues of around $2.1 million (as of 2016/17), including $600,000 of funding from the city of San Francisco.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q8069802, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.78310, -122.40174
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 3.4 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.9 mi
  • Fort Funston: 7.0 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.4 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.5 mi
  • Tern Nesting: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 56
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Children's Creativity Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 196°371 m6.9 mi
Richardson EastNW 312°338.6 m7.1 mi
Peak 1041NW 307°317.297 m8.3 mi
Mount DavidsonSW 222°283 m4.2 mi
Slacker HillNW 307°282 m6.0 mi
Hawk HillWNW 301°281 m6.2 mi
Mount SutroWSW 240°278 m3.5 mi
Noe PeakSW 229°274 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/288716388

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