Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Busch-Reisinger Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis (founded in 1958), the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art (founded in 2002), the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies (founded in 1928). The three museums that constitute the Harvard Art Museums were initially integrated into a single institution under the name Harvard University Art Museums in 1983. The word "University" was dropped from the institutional name in 2008. The collections include approximately 250,000 objects in all media, ranging in date from antiquity to the present and originating in Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The main building contains 204,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of space for public exhibitions, classrooms, conservation and research labs, and other related functions. Approximately 43,000 square feet (4,000 m2) of space are dedicated to exhibitions.
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Dates from 1895.
Wikidata Q3783572, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Busch-Reisinger Museum: 0.0 mi
- Fogg Museum: 0.0 mi
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 0.1 mi
- The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments: 0.2 mi
- Semitic Museum: 0.3 mi
- Large Four Piece Reclining Figure: 0.1 mi
- Spiral: 0.1 mi
- Harvard Bixi: 0.2 mi
- Compare The Shells: 0.2 mi
- Mesoamerican Stele: 0.3 mi
- Patricia Keough Memorial: 0.2 mi
- John Harvard Statue: 0.2 mi
- May Sarton: 0.2 mi
- Ghost Bike - Darryl Willis: 0.2 mi
- The Harvard Lampoon Castle: 0.2 mi
- Joan Lorentz Park: 0.2 mi
- Guffey Park: 0.2 mi
- Flagstaff Park: 0.3 mi
- Dawes Island Park: 0.3 mi
- Winthrop Park: 0.3 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.2 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.4 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.4 mi
- Concord Ave Community Space: 0.9 mi
- Harvard Square: 0.2 mi
- Citgo Sign: 1.9 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 2.0 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.0 mi
- 34: 2.0 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.3 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.0 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.0 mi
- Central Hill: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.9 mi
- Amory Woods: 1.9 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.0 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.0 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 6.7 mi
- Corinha Beach: 6.7 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.6 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.6 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.6 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.9 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.0 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 7.2 mi
- Boathouse: 11.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.9 mi
- Rainshed: 11.9 mi
- Boston Light: 11.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.9 mi
- Haywardville: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Harvard Art Museums. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 323° | 107 m | 5.0 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 209° | 100 m | 4.0 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 232° | 98 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 317° | 95 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 16° | 92 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 296° | 91 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 195° | 91 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Hill | S 191° | 89 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 0 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 2 mi
- Boston · 3 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 3 mi
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