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Museum of American Finance

Museum of American Finance, a museum in New York
Museum of American Finance, a museum in New YorkMarkus Hartel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum of American Finance, a museum in New York
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Museum of American Finance, a museum in New York
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Museum of American Finance, a museum in New York
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Museum of American Finance, a museum in New York
Elsa Ruiz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum of American Finance, a museum in New York
Markus Hartel · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Museum of American Finance is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is General George Washington in Prayer at Valley Forge, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

The Museum of American Finance is an independent public museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. It is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Until 2017 it was located in the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City, but in April 2025 it announced a relocation to Boston, Massachusetts, opening 3 July 2026.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1988.

Wikidata Q5354207, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.70637, -74.00920
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Grassy Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Slide Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.1 mi
  • Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.5 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Loch: 6.6 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Museum of American Finance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m20.8 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 313°263 m24.6 mi
Beech MountainNNW 330°260 m21.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 331°230 m20.5 mi
Mount NeboN 10°208 m24.1 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 329°185 m22.1 mi
Moon HillNNW 329°180 m21.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1693299134

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