Children's Museum of Richmond
Children's Museum of Richmond is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kugel, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 23 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Interactive exhibits enable kids to move, climb, farm, draw, play & learn about their world.
The story
The Children's Museum of Richmond began in 1977 as the Richmond Children's Museum in the Navy Hill School building in downtown Richmond, Virginia. In 2000, the museum moved to its current location on Broad Street in Richmond. In 2010, the Children's Museum of Richmond became the first in the country to open a satellite location, at West Broad Village in Short Pump, located in the West End of Richmond. The Children's Museum of Richmond opened two other satellites in 2012 and 2014 in Chesterfield, Virginia and Fredericksburg, Virginia. On July 11, 2015, the Short Pump location moved from West Broad Village to Short Pump Town Center. The Short Pump & Fredricksburg locations closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Short Pump Town Center location was replaced by Draftcade. The museum is also home of Commonwealth Parenting and the Central Virginia Book Bank. Highlights of Main Museum include:
A newly renovated Hospital with a "'life size" operations game, x-ray center, ambulance dispatch center and an ambulance with interactive siren and lights. Little Farm, a special area for visitors age 3 and under, to explore!
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Dates from 1977.
Wikidata Q5098181, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Kugel: 0.1 mi
- Cosmic Perception: 0.1 mi
- Grand Kugel: 0.1 mi
- A Pearl of Wisdom: 0.4 mi
- A Pearl of Wisdom: 0.4 mi
- Scuffletown Park: 0.4 mi
- E. Clairborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden: 0.6 mi
- Meadow Park: 0.6 mi
- Grace Park: 0.7 mi
- Federal Park: 0.8 mi
- Arthur Ashe Monument: 0.7 mi
- Corey Frazier: 0.9 mi
- Ezekiel & Weilman Company Inc. Established 1924: 1.0 mi
- Wilfred Emory Cutshaw (1838-1907): 1.3 mi
- Monroe Park: 1.4 mi
- George Edward Pickett's Grave: 1.6 mi
- Raleigh E. Colston's Grave: 1.6 mi
- The Iron Dog: 1.7 mi
- James Branch Cabell's Grave: 1.8 mi
- James Ewell Brown Stuart's Grave: 1.8 mi
- Rick's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Albert Hill Native Plant Garden: 0.8 mi
- Humphrey Calder Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Uptown Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Byrd Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Byrd Park Spring: 1.6 mi
- Dogwood Dell Spring: 1.8 mi
- Youngs Spring: 2.5 mi
- Young's Spring: 2.5 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 2.7 mi
- Gambles Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sliding Hill: 8.9 mi
- Shooters Hill: 9.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 10.6 mi
- Blanco Mount: 16.3 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 2.5 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 3.1 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 11.9 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 18.7 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
- New Market Park: 12.0 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 15.7 mi
- Heart of Virginia Scout Reservation: 23.1 mi
- Amelia: 24.1 mi
- Lorraine: 8.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Children's Museum of Richmond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabot Hill | WNW 285° | 92 m | 16.5 mi |
| Shooters Hill | W 275° | 69 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sliding Hill | N 8° | 63 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gambles Hill | SE 144° | 44 m | 2.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 90° | 43 m | 10.6 mi |
| Malvern Hill | SE 132° | 41 m | 16.9 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | SE 133° | 28 m | 23.6 mi |
| Blanco Mount | SSE 148° | 25 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/44888557
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