Great Blacks In Wax Museum
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Great Blacks In Wax Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Solar Totum IV, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Falls Road passes 1.1 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is a wax museum in Baltimore, Maryland, featuring prominent African-American and other Black historical figures. It was established in 1983, in a downtown storefront on Saratoga Street. The museum is at 1601 East North Avenue in a renovated firehouse, a Victorian mansion, and two former apartment dwellings that provide nearly 30,000 square feet (3,000 m2) of exhibit and office space. The exhibits feature over 100 wax figures and scenes, including: a full model slave ship exhibit which portrays the 400-year history of the Atlantic Slave Trade, an exhibit on the role of youth in making history, and a Maryland room highlighting the contributions to African American history by notable Marylanders. The museum's co-founder, Dr. Joanne Martin, describes the importance of preserving Black history in this way, stating: "Everything else, it seems like a movie if you don't have a sense of exactly what people were fighting against."
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1983.
Wikidata Q6972929, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 48 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Falls Road
- 1.1 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 1.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 1.8 mi off the National Historic Seaport
Overlooks nearby
- Elephant Overlook · 3 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 6 mi
- Abandoned Quarry · 6 mi
- Old Transmission Tower · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Solar Totum IV: 0.2 mi
- Uni I: 0.3 mi
- Pegasus: 0.4 mi
- 3 Sisters: 0.7 mi
- The Unity Wall: 0.8 mi
- Lafayette & Aiken Park: 0.2 mi
- Bethel Street Playscape: 0.3 mi
- Oliver Park: 0.3 mi
- Darley Park: 0.3 mi
- Caroline & Hoffman Park: 0.4 mi
- Clifton Park Valve House: 0.7 mi
- Victorious K. Swift Way: 0.7 mi
- The Unity Wall: 0.8 mi
- Fallsway Fountain: 1.0 mi
- Wells & McComas Monument: 1.0 mi
- Fort Worthington Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Reese Street Garden: 1.0 mi
- New Antioch Baptist Church Sacred Garden: 1.0 mi
- Frank M. Houck Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- The Harvest: 1.2 mi
- Lovely Lane Museum Library: 1.0 mi
- City of Baltimore Fire Museum: 1.2 mi
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum: 1.3 mi
- Walters Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Walters Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Pearson florist (where Bodie buys flowers): 1.1 mi
- Santa Rosa Labyrinth: 1.2 mi
- Church Hospital: 1.3 mi
- Butchers Hill Historic District: 1.5 mi
- Shield of Baltimore City: 1.8 mi
- African Journey: 2.7 mi
- Rosemont Park: 3.9 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 4.6 mi
- Briarcliff Park: 5.8 mi
- Burnside Park: 6.5 mi
- Federal Hill: 2.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bend Hill: 3.4 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.7 mi
- German Hill: 4.8 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.0 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 8.9 mi
- Avalon Area: 9.0 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 9.2 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 9.5 mi
- Miami Beach: 12.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 16.2 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 18.3 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 18.3 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 19.6 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 8.0 mi
- Old Quarry: 8.0 mi
- Loch Raven Cliffs: 9.5 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.8 mi
- Round Falls: 1.9 mi
- failed mill dam: 4.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.7 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.7 mi
- Crises Spring: 2.6 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 2.7 mi
- Marble Springs: 8.1 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 8.0 mi
- Daniels: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Blacks In Wax Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Hill | NNW 344° | 233 m | 23.3 mi |
| Ivy Hill | NNW 338° | 200 m | 11.0 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 339° | 191 m | 13.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 264° | 169 m | 10.7 mi |
| The Bunker | WNW 303° | 157 m | 18.5 mi |
| Abell Ridge | NNW 345° | 155 m | 7.2 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNE 24° | 151 m | 7.0 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NE 36° | 149 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/336310307
Day trips start here
- Baltimore/East Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Midtown · 1 mi
- Baltimore · 2 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 2 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 2 mi
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 2 mi
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