Joslyn Art Museum
Joslyn Art Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 355 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Entrance Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
The Joslyn Art Museum, commonly referred to as the Joslyn, is a fine arts museum in Omaha, Nebraska, the largest in the state. It opened in 1931 at the initiative of Sarah H. Joslyn, in memory of her husband, businessman George A. Joslyn. Since its opening, the museum has gone through several expansions, the last of which was completed in 2024. It is the only museum in Nebraska with a comprehensive permanent collection, comprising over 12,000 objects, including nineteenth and twentieth-century collections of American and European art, Western American Art, Chinese and Japanese art, as well as contemporary art. The Joslyn is home to the Margre H. Durham Center for Western Studies, established in 1980, which stewards two of the most important collections of works by Western artists Karl Bodmer and Alfred Jacob Miller in the country.
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Dates from 1931.
Wikidata Q1372546, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 355 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 4.7 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Noodles & Doodles: 0.0 mi
- The Embrace (Reflection): 0.1 mi
- Pencil Bench: 0.1 mi
- 22 1/2 Degrees with Crayon Tips: 0.1 mi
- Large Covered Wagon: 0.1 mi
- Discovery Garden: 0.0 mi
- First National Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Park East: 0.6 mi
- Pioneer Courage Park: 0.6 mi
- Dewey Park: 0.8 mi
- Among the Valiant: 0.4 mi
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. : "I've Been to the Mountain Top": 0.4 mi
- The Lynching of George Smith: 0.4 mi
- The Lynching of Will Brown: 0.4 mi
- Omaha Centennial: 0.4 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 1.4 mi
- The Offut Manor: 1.4 mi
- Model Railroad: 2.1 mi
- Lauritzen Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Takin & Goral: 2.4 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 1.0 mi
- Gibson Bend: 3.2 mi
- Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 3.6 mi
- Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Gifford State Forest: 4.5 mi
- Omaha Childrens Museum: 0.4 mi
- Durham Museum: 1.1 mi
- Black Americana Museum: 1.1 mi
- Kiewit Luminarium: 1.1 mi
- Great Plains Black History Museum: 1.3 mi
- Entrance Garden: 0.0 mi
- Cafe Garden: 0.0 mi
- Polina Gardens: 0.9 mi
- SoMA Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Hands to Harvest Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Canopies: 0.7 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Margaritaville: 12.2 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Devil's Slide: 7.6 mi
- Queen Hill: 23.1 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.4 mi
- De Soto: 17.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Riverside: 24.0 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 10.2 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 23.3 mi
- Boocker point: 11.7 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 21.0 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joslyn Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | WNW 300° | 361.12 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/256985023
Day trips start here
- Omaha · 3 mi
- Council Bluffs · 4 mi
- Bellevue · 7 mi
- Papillion · 9 mi
- Gretna · 18 mi
- Missouri Valley · 21 mi
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