Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Doss Mountain stands 296 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Salmon Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Jule Museum at Auburn University is an accredited art museum on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. The museum is named after Jule Collins Smith, the wife of Albert Smith, who graduated from Auburn University in 1947. Smith donated funds to Auburn University in support of the construction of an art museum as a gift to his wife, in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. The museum is both an academic museum and open to all visitors with free admission. In spring of 2013, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) recognized the museum as an accredited museum. In 2022, the AAM awarded the museum re-accreditation. The museum participates in the North American Reciprocal Museums program, the Southeastern Reciprocal Membership program, and the Museum Travel Alliance. The museum holds memberships in the American Alliance of Museums, the Southeastern Museums Conference, the Association of Art Museum Directors.
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Dates from 2003-10-03.
Wikidata Q6305638, matched on coordinates and name (7 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2003
What to expect
- Operated by
- Auburn University
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
- 28.5 mi off the Interstate 185
Named places within 25 miles
- Salmon Park: 0.3 mi
- Davis Arboretum: 0.5 mi
- Garden of Memory: 0.6 mi
- Marger Piper Bailey Park: 0.7 mi
- Agricultural Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
- Monody: 0.7 mi
- Cam Newton: 1.0 mi
- Bo Jackson: 1.0 mi
- John Heisman: 1.0 mi
- Pat Sullivan: 1.0 mi
- The Auburn Memorial: 0.6 mi
- WWI Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Monument: 1.6 mi
- Physical Plant/Enginee's Office (Ghost Structure): 14.6 mi
- Cadet House (Ghost Structure): 14.6 mi
- Museum of East Alabama: 7.3 mi
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site: 14.6 mi
- Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center: 16.6 mi
- Legacy Museum: 16.7 mi
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site: 16.9 mi
- Founders' Oak: 0.6 mi
- Civil War Cannon Lathe: 1.2 mi
- University Seal: 1.2 mi
- Tuskegee University Sign: 16.9 mi
- Beginning of the George Washington Carver Nutrition Trail: 17.0 mi
- Carnivorous Plant Garden: 0.5 mi
- Centennial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Anne Terrell Basore Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Macon County Rest Area South Bound: 9.3 mi
- Macon County Rest Area North Bound: 9.8 mi
- Alabama Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
- Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Coon Creek Tract: 22.7 mi
- Baxley Hill: 19.6 mi
- Doss Mountain: 21.6 mi
- Taska Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doss Mountain | NNW 331° | 296 m | 21.6 mi |
| Baxley Hill | WSW 255° | 148 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:17 | 19:53 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:41 | 16:03 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 64 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn No.2, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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