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Mingei International Museum

Mingei International Museum, a museum in California
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Mingei International Museum, a museum in California
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Mingei International Museum, a museum in California
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Mingei International Museum, a museum in California
Another Believer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mingei International Museum, a museum in California
Another Believer · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Mingei International Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Poet and Muse, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

Mingei International Museum is a non-profit public institution in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that collects, conserves and exhibits folk art, craft, and design. The museum was founded in 1974, and its building opened in 1978. The word mingei, meaning 'art of the people,' was coined by the Japanese scholar Dr. Sōetsu Yanagi by combining the Japanese words for all people (min 民) and art (gei 芸).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1978.

Wikidata Q6864705, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.73101, -117.15103
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • House of Panama: 0.1 mi
  • House of Mexico: 0.1 mi
  • House of Italy: 0.1 mi
  • House of the Philippines: 0.1 mi
  • Lily Pond: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Redwood Circle: 0.4 mi
  • Sefton Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Marston Point: 0.6 mi
  • Tweet Street Linear Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Kate Sessions: 0.4 mi
  • AIDS Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Waldo Waterman Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Blackened Fish Taco: 1.0 mi
  • Stuffed Artichokes: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Marston Point: 0.5 mi
  • Cowles Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Kwaay Paay Peak: 9.1 mi
  • South Fortuna Mountain: 9.1 mi
  • Pyles Peak: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 23
Springs: 11
  • Dog Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 10.5 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.3 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Mingei International Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 95°1,139 m22.6 mi
El Cajon MountainENE 56°1,112 m23.0 mi
Otay MountainESE 118°1,067 m20.2 mi
El CapitanNE 55°1,026 m22.6 mi
Rock MountainNE 55°996 m24.1 mi
Silverdome IINE 54°970.36 m22.0 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 29°878 m21.9 mi
Sycuan PeakE 85°840 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961636567717272686358
Precip in2.02.21.50.60.30.00.10.00.10.50.81.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1713143030

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