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Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum

Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, a museum in New York
Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, a museum in New YorkLucille Ball Desi Arnaz Comedy Center · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, a museum in New York
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Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, a museum in New York
Dr. Blazer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, a museum in New York
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Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, a museum in New York
G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 4.0
Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, a museum in New York
G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 4.0

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Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 419 m. Shutts Hill stands 733 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Longhouse Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum, formally The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum & Center for Comedy and commonly known as the Lucy-Desi Museum, is a museum at 2 West 3rd Street, Jamestown, New York that is affiliated with the nearby National Comedy Center with which it shares executive director Journey Gunderson. The museum is dedicated to the lives and careers of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Jamestown was Ball's birthplace. The museum opened in 1996 and as of 2015, drew approximately 25,000 international visitors annually. The Comedy Center followed in 2016.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1996.

Wikidata Q6697259, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.09643, -79.24158

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Winter Garden Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • AIDS Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • The Grove Park: 0.1 mi
  • Dow Park: 0.2 mi
  • Comedy Center Park: 0.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 10
Artworks: 5
  • Big Chair: 0.2 mi
  • Robert H. Jackson: 0.2 mi
  • Reuben E. Fenton: 0.4 mi
  • Lucille Ball: 2.3 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 4
  • I Love Lucy Mural: 0.3 mi
  • Panama Rocks: 12.7 mi
  • Boulder Ridge Stables: 20.7 mi
  • Cattaraugus County Fair: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 4
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 17.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shutts HillENE 69°733 m22.7 mi
Parker HillENE 77°708 m19.8 mi
Jimmerson HillE 80°675 m21.9 mi
Mount OnondagaE 101°672 m23.7 mi
Braley HillE 96°653 m15.4 mi
Mount TuscaroraESE 105°653 m20.2 mi
Coal KnobSE 143°653 m22.5 mi
Pine HillE 87°649 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5219:29
June solstice05:4220:1520:57
September equinox07:0518:3919:16
December solstice07:4316:0416:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533455765696861503930
Precip in3.82.73.23.93.94.44.63.64.24.13.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown 4 ENE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8362005253

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