Interior Museum
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Interior Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bolivar Park, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.2 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Interior Museum is a museum operated by the United States Department of the Interior and housed at the department's headquarters at the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., on the first floor. When the Interior Museum opened in the U.S. Department of the Interior's newly constructed headquarters in the nation's capital on March 8, 1938, a museum was considered a novel element to include in a federal office building. However, the Secretary of the Interior at that time—Harold Ickes (1874–1952)—was a proponent of the arts and also strongly believed in the importance of having the American people understand the work of the department. To this day, the Interior Museum's mission remains to actively educate and inspire employees and the public about the ongoing stewardship of the nation's public lands, natural resources, and cultural heritage. The Interior Museum's collection contains more than 8,000 objects of historical, cultural, and scientific importance relating directly to the activities of the department. In addition to developing exhibitions and public programs, Interior Museum staff also conduct public tours highlighting the elements that made the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building a "symbol of a new day" during the Great Depression. The headquarters building contains more New Deal-era murals than any other government building, featuring such artists as John Steuart Curry, Maynard Dixon, William Gropper, Allan Houser, Velino Herrera, and Millard Sheets, plus a series of photomurals by Ansel Adams.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1938.
Wikidata Q3798457, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.3 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bolivar Park: 0.1 mi
- Robert Latham Owen Park: 0.1 mi
- Artigas Park: 0.1 mi
- Edward J. Kelly Park: 0.2 mi
- Constitution Gardens: 0.3 mi
- The Liberator Simon Bolivar Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Red Cross: 0.1 mi
- Red Cross Men and Women Killed in Service: 0.1 mi
- Jane A Delano and the Nurses Who Died in Service in World War I: 0.1 mi
- Daughters of the American Revolution: 0.1 mi
- Art Museum of the Americas: 0.1 mi
- DAR Museum: 0.2 mi
- Octagon House: 0.2 mi
- National Museum of American Diplomacy: 0.2 mi
- Dacor Bacon House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Major General John A. Rawlins Statue: 0.1 mi
- Armenian Earthquake: 0.2 mi
- Inuksuk: 0.2 mi
- The Disc Thrower: 0.2 mi
- Canova Lions: 0.2 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.2 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.5 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.9 mi
- Lock 0: 0.9 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 1.0 mi
- Big Red One: 0.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.3 mi
- White House Kitchen Garden: 0.3 mi
- German-American Friendship Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.4 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.0 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.2 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.7 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.7 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.5 mi
- Lees Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 2.1 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.1 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Indian Head: 21.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.0 mi
- Great Falls: 13.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.8 mi
- Wilson: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Interior Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 282° | 156 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 328° | 156 m | 15.6 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 326° | 148 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 272° | 144 m | 7.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 276° | 140 m | 6.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 281° | 140 m | 11.0 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 264° | 137 m | 8.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 256° | 125 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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