Laogai Museum
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Laogai Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of the Palestinian People, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Laogai Museum was a museum in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., United States, which showcased human rights in the People's Republic of China, focusing particularly on Láogǎi, the Chinese prison system of "Reform through Labor". The creation of the museum was spearheaded by Harry Wu, a well-known Chinese dissident who himself served 19 years in laogai prisons; it was supported by the Yahoo! Human Rights Fund. It opened to the public on 12 November 2008, and Wu's non-profit research organization (the Laogai Research Foundation) calls it the first museum in the United States to directly address the issue of human rights in China. It is now permanently closed.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2008-11-12.
Wikidata Q537195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Museum of the Palestinian People: 0.0 mi
- National Museum Of American Jewish Military History: 0.2 mi
- The Phillips Collection: 0.4 mi
- Anderson House: 0.5 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 0.6 mi
- T Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Ann Hughes Hargrove Park: 0.3 mi
- Kalorama Park: 0.4 mi
- Stead Park Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- Dupont Circle: 0.4 mi
- Major General George B McClellan Statue: 0.3 mi
- Habitat: 0.3 mi
- Gagged Washington: 0.4 mi
- James Buchanan Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Joan of Arc Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Alice Swanson: 0.3 mi
- Kossuth Lajos: 0.4 mi
- Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue: 0.4 mi
- Nina Larson: 0.5 mi
- Sonny Bono: 0.5 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 0.3 mi
- West End Garden: 0.8 mi
- Cactus Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
- Alpacas: 0.8 mi
- Cow: 0.8 mi
- Kids' Farm: 0.8 mi
- Donkey: 0.8 mi
- Pig: 0.8 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.0 mi
- Reservation 630: 1.8 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.3 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.3 mi
- Little Forest Park: 3.3 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 3.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.4 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.8 mi
- Indian Head: 22.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.4 mi
- Great Falls: 12.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laogai Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 274° | 156 m | 10.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 14.4 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 324° | 148 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 261° | 144 m | 7.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 262° | 140 m | 6.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 10.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 254° | 137 m | 8.5 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 243° | 125 m | 6.3 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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