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Clyfford Still Museum

Clyfford Still Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Clyfford Still Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Clyfford Still Museum, a museum in Colorado
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Clyfford Still Museum is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,597 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Denver Art Museum Frederick C. Hamilton Building, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

The Clyfford Still Museum is an art museum in Denver, Colorado. The museum's collection includes 3,125 works by abstract expressionist Clyfford Still (1904–1980), which represents 93 percent of the artist's lifetime output and complete archives. The 28,500-square-foot building opened in 2011 and includes nine galleries, an art studio, visible painting storage areas and conservation lab, two outdoor terraces, archive displays, and outdoor forecourt green space. Its current director is Joyce Tsai.

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Wikidata Q95984747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
12 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.73629, -104.98989

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Golden Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lincoln Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • MacIntosh Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Monument Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Hirschfeld Towers Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Wildflower Treasures: 1.4 mi
  • Colorado Rocky Mountain Ecosystems: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 1.6 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 3.8 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 5.0 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 8.6 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 10.2 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Picnic Table: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 1.5 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 1.5 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 1.5 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 1.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 10.6 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 23.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 13.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Clyfford Still Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 286°2,969 m20.0 mi
Legault MountainSW 226°2,757 m20.3 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 230°2,711 m18.8 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 289°2,686 m19.1 mi
Centennial ConeW 273°2,640 m19.6 mi
Crow HillSW 223°2,638 m20.0 mi
Huebner PeakSW 218°2,633 m20.3 mi
Bear MountainWSW 244°2,630 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/315709021

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