Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.0 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is an art museum for contemporary art, located in St. Louis, Missouri. Known informally as the CAM St. Louis, the museum is located at 3750 Washington Boulevard in the Grand Center Arts District. The building is designed by the American architect Brad Cloepfil. The institution that would become CAM was established in 1980, and operated under a number of names including First Street Forum and the Forum for Contemporary Art. On September 19, 2003, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis moved to the new building in the Grand Center Arts and Entertainment District in midtown St. Louis. The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is a non- collecting museum that hosts no permanent art exhibitions. The museum has mounted more than 120 exhibitions and exhibited over 260 artists. It usually shows six Main Gallery exhibitions each year of American and international artists. It has exhibited work by Richard Aldrich, Laylah Ali, Lutz Bacher, Rosa Barba, Leslie Hewitt, Hayv Kahraman, Wyatt Kahn, Elad Lassry, Marilyn Minter, Gedi Sibony, Carey Young, Richard Artschwager, Jim Hodges, Sean Landers, Cindy Sherman, Arcangelo Sassolino, and Amy Sherald.
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Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q5164960, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 7 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 3.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 3.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 3.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 3 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 9 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 14 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Joe: 0.0 mi
- Leon R. Strauss: 0.2 mi
- Nijinski Hare: 0.2 mi
- Chessboard: 0.2 mi
- Pawn: 0.2 mi
- Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 0.0 mi
- Saint Louis University Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- The Moto Museum: 0.4 mi
- International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.4 mi
- Neon Museum of Saint Louis: 1.0 mi
- Tree Grove: 0.1 mi
- Park-Like: 0.1 mi
- Spring Church: 0.1 mi
- Arts Academy Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Strauss Park: 0.2 mi
- Grandel Center for Urban Agriculture: 0.1 mi
- The Sunken Garden: 0.2 mi
- Metropolitan Village Garden: 0.7 mi
- Evans Avenue Urban Farm: 0.8 mi
- Boyle Laclede Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Virgin Mary: 0.2 mi
- Pius XII: 0.2 mi
- Robert Frost poet 1874-1963: 0.3 mi
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola "The Pilgrym": 0.3 mi
- King Louis IX of France: 0.4 mi
- The St. Louis Wheel: 1.6 mi
- Wave Swinger: 1.6 mi
- Flying Louie Pirate Ship: 1.6 mi
- Loco Motion Mini Spinning Coaster: 1.7 mi
- Compton Hill Water Tower: 1.8 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 8.5 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 8.7 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 9.6 mi
- Little Creek: 9.8 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Ground 3: 2.7 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 1.8 mi
- Headwaters: 2.6 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 2.8 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 6.9 mi
- Falling Spring: 8.2 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 2.6 mi
- Government Hill: 2.7 mi
- Art Hill: 3.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 9.3 mi
- Monks Mound: 9.4 mi
- Wise Falls: 1.9 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 2.3 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.1 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 19.3 mi
- Beaver Falls: 19.4 mi
- Broadway: 6.9 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 12.4 mi
- Machens: 18.9 mi
- Wilkie: 19.3 mi
- Times Beach: 21.8 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 8.2 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Climbing Area: 24.0 mi
- Shelter bluff: 24.3 mi
- Old Keller Quary: 24.9 mi
- Stone Arch: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SW 214° | 247 m | 21.3 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 243° | 237 m | 19.4 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 243° | 205 m | 23.9 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 115° | 196 m | 9.8 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 314° | 188 m | 24.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 123° | 185 m | 21.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 70° | 182 m | 13.0 mi |
| Browns Mound | ENE 76° | 174 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/379499179
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 1 mi
- Cahokia · 5 mi
- East St. Louis · 6 mi
- Granite City · 6 mi
- Fairmont City · 8 mi
- Ferguson · 8 mi
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