Craft Contemporary
Craft Contemporary is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Mount Disappointment stands 1,819 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sinking Mammoth, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Craft Contemporary, formerly the Craft and Folk Art Museum, is a non-profit, non-collecting arts museum dedicated to showcasing contemporary craft in Los Angeles, California. The museum is located on Los Angeles' Museum Row on Wilshire Boulevard, and across from the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits. It is the only institution on the West Coast of the United States to focus exclusively on craft. In addition to presenting exhibitions, Craft Contemporary is also well-known for its public programs catering to all ages, from family workshops to more intensive sessions for older adults.
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Dates from 1973.
Wikidata Q5180539, matched on coordinates and name (9 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sinking Mammoth: 0.0 mi
- G. Allan Hancock: 0.1 mi
- Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Smoke: 0.2 mi
- Urban Light: 0.2 mi
- La Brea Tar Pits: 0.1 mi
- Pits 3, 4, 61, 67: 0.1 mi
- Pit 91: 0.2 mi
- Project 23: 0.2 mi
- Pit 9: 0.2 mi
- Edmund D. Edelman: 0.1 mi
- Berlin Wall Segments - Wall Project: 0.2 mi
- Portolá Trail 1769: 1.2 mi
- Babij Yar Massacre Memorial: 2.1 mi
- WWII Soviet Army Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
- La Brea Tar Pits and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- Broad Contemporary Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: 0.3 mi
- Petersen Automotive Museum: 0.3 mi
- Wilshire Green Park: 0.1 mi
- Hancock Park: 0.1 mi
- Carthay Circle Park: 0.7 mi
- Lower Carthay Circle Park: 0.7 mi
- Pan Pacific Park: 0.8 mi
- Pleistocene Garden: 0.2 mi
- Funkmeyer New Reality Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Spanish Garden: 2.9 mi
- Italian Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.2 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.3 mi
- LADWP Open Space: 3.5 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.7 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 3.7 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 3.4 mi
- Olive Hill: 4.4 mi
- Briar Summit: 4.5 mi
- Maltman peak: 4.7 mi
- Burbank Peak: 5.3 mi
- Lake Side: 3.7 mi
- Garden Grove: 3.7 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 3.8 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Central: 3.9 mi
- Temescal Falls: 10.4 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 12.4 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Millard Falls: 16.3 mi
- Royal Falls: 16.9 mi
- Mother's Beach: 8.1 mi
- Palisades Beach: 9.4 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 11.3 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 11.4 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 12.0 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 6.0 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.6 mi
- Eagle Spring: 12.5 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 15.9 mi
- Fascination Spring: 16.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 17.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.5 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 20.0 mi
- Spa Palace: 5.0 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Craft Contemporary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Disappointment | NE 48° | 1,819 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Deception | NE 47° | 1,767 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Markham | NE 50° | 1,746 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NE 51° | 1,699 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Lukens | NNE 25° | 1,546.6 m | 15.8 mi |
| Muir Peak | NE 54° | 1,427 m | 17.9 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NE 45° | 1,363 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hoyt Mountain | NE 35° | 1,346 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9982332940
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 2 mi
- West Hollywood · 2 mi
- Beverly Hills · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/Hollywood · 3 mi
- Culver City · 5 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 5 mi
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