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David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art

David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, a museum in Illinois
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, a museum in IllinoisMichael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, a museum in Illinois
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David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Nuclear Energy, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.9 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The permanent collection has over 17,000 objects. Admission is free and open to the public. The Smart Museum and the adjacent Cochrane-Woods Art Center were designed by the architect Edward Larrabee Barnes.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1974.

Wikidata Q3486881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79357, -87.60022

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Amanda's Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Readers' Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Midway Plaisance Park North Winter Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Midway Plaisance Park South Winter Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Dr. Alison Davis Garden: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Jackson Park - Grove 9: 0.8 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 10: 0.8 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 8: 0.8 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 7: 0.9 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 1.0 mi
Attractions
  • Japanese Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 2.4 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.6 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 5.0 mi
  • Beluga: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 25
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 4.2 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Players Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 123°214 m22.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 341°204 m16.8 mi
Chanute HillSE 125°195 m21.1 mi
Players HillWNW 303°187 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/152586233

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