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Memorial Art Gallery

Memorial Art Gallery, a museum in New York
Memorial Art Gallery, a museum in New YorkDanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0
Memorial Art Gallery, a museum in New York
DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0
Memorial Art Gallery, a museum in New York
DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0
Memorial Art Gallery, a museum in New York
DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0
Memorial Art Gallery, a museum in New York
DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0
Memorial Art Gallery, a museum in New York
DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Memorial Art Gallery is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Passenger Pigeon, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.0 miles off.

About

The story

The Memorial Art Gallery, colloquially referred to as the MAG, is a civic art museum in Rochester, New York. Founded in 1913, by Emily Sibley Watson and given in trust to the University of Rochester. Occupying the southern half of the University's former Prince Street campus. Home to a permanent collection of more that 13,000 objects. It is a focal point of fine arts activity in the region and hosts the biennial Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition and the annual Clothesline Festival.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1913.

Wikidata Q6815343, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
University of Rochester
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.15769, -77.58830

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Centennial Sculpture Park: 0.1 mi
  • Merriman Street Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 0.5 mi
  • RMSC Public Access Park: 0.5 mi
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 34
Nature reserves: 28
Gardens: 19
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Falls: 1.1 mi
  • High Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Middle Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Norton’s Falls: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Windsor Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Hamlin Beach: 23.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Memorial Art Gallery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak MountainSSE 156°358 m20.3 mi
Jakman HillS 188°357 m22.1 mi
Hopper HillsSSE 160°335 m15.6 mi
Allens HillS 171°317 m22.4 mi
Woodchuck HillS 171°297 m19.0 mi
Taft HillSSE 168°287 m19.8 mi
Baker HillSE 136°282 m11.9 mi
College HillS 184°267 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:23
June solstice05:3120:1120:54
September equinox06:5818:3219:10
December solstice07:4015:5216:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475968727164524232
Precip in2.52.12.53.02.93.43.63.33.23.22.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/108277008

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