Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 153 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Accessories to an Event, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is an art museum located on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, within the university's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Founded in 1881 as the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, it was initially located in downtown St. Louis. It is the oldest art museum west of the Mississippi River. The Museum holds 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century European and American paintings, sculptures, prints, installations, and photographs. The collection also includes some Egyptian and Greek antiquities and Old Master prints. The museum moved to its current home, designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki, in 2006. In 2018 the museum was closed for renovation as part of a $360 million campus transformation program at Washington University in St. Louis. One year later, it was reopened with a new 34-foot-tall polished stainless-steel facade, a sculpture garden, and nearly 50 percent more public display space.
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Dates from 1881.
Wikidata Q6129019, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 6.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 6.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 7.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 7 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 10 mi
- Elk Hollow · 15 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Accessories to an Event: 0.0 mi
- Bisected Circle: 0.0 mi
- The Shade: 0.0 mi
- Five Rudders: 0.0 mi
- Robert Burns Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Musicians Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Edward Bates: 0.5 mi
- Olympic Rings: 0.5 mi
- Robert McFerrin, Sr.: 0.6 mi
- Mary Wickes: 0.6 mi
- Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden: 0.4 mi
- Burning Kumquat: 0.5 mi
- Clemens Garden: 0.8 mi
- Syracuse Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 1.0 mi
- Greg Freeman Park: 0.5 mi
- Ackert Park: 0.7 mi
- Lucier Park: 0.8 mi
- Concordia Park: 0.8 mi
- DeMun Park: 0.8 mi
- St. Louis Walk of Fame: 0.6 mi
- The W Karaoke Lounge: 0.7 mi
- Wildlife Conservation School: 1.0 mi
- Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse: 1.0 mi
- World's Fair Pavilion: 1.2 mi
- Saint Louis Art Museum: 0.7 mi
- Hanley House: 1.6 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: 2.1 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 2.1 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 2.2 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 3.6 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 8.6 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 8.8 mi
- Little Creek: 8.9 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 9.3 mi
- Williams Family Solar Pavilion: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Ground 3: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Pad 4: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Pad 2: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Pad 1: 2.3 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 1.9 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 3.3 mi
- Headwaters: 4.3 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.7 mi
- Falling Spring: 10.4 mi
- Art Hill: 0.7 mi
- Government Hill: 1.2 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 6.3 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 11.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 12.9 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 1.4 mi
- Wise Falls: 2.1 mi
- Dripping Springs: 10.5 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Beaver Falls: 19.5 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 6.4 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Climbing Area: 20.5 mi
- Shelter bluff: 20.8 mi
- Old Keller Quary: 23.2 mi
- Broadway: 7.5 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 13.8 mi
- Wilkie: 17.5 mi
- Machens: 17.7 mi
- Times Beach: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern Rock | W 263° | 272 m | 24.5 mi |
| Frisco Hill | SSW 205° | 247 m | 19.9 mi |
| Antire Hill | SW 236° | 237 m | 16.5 mi |
| Glassberg Hill | SW 235° | 214 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 238° | 205 m | 21.0 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 111° | 196 m | 13.4 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 320° | 188 m | 21.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 119° | 185 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 4 mi
- Ferguson · 7 mi
- St. Louis County · 7 mi
- Cahokia · 8 mi
- Granite City · 9 mi
- East St. Louis · 10 mi
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