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Museum of Art & History

Museum of Art & History, a museum in California
Museum of Art & History, a museum in CaliforniaEugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum of Art & History, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum of Art & History, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum of Art & History, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum of Art & History, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum of Art & History, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Museum of Art & History is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Octagon Museum Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

About

The story

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is a nonprofit educational institution and museum founded in 1996 and located in Santa Cruz, California, at the downtown McPherson Center. Its mission is to ignite shared experiences and unexpected connections, using art and history to build a stronger, more connected community.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1996.

Wikidata Q6940760, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.97448, -122.02537

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Octagon Museum Park: 0.0 mi
  • Vets Hall: 0.1 mi
  • Vegetation Zone: 0.2 mi
  • Pacific Avenue Historic District: 0.2 mi
  • San Lorenzo Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Big Red Ball: 0.0 mi
  • The Birth of Con-Ed: 0.0 mi
  • Untitled: 0.0 mi
  • Leaves: 0.1 mi
  • Untitled Clevis #2: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi
  • La Corona: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Aloha Terrace: 0.8 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 52
Gardens: 41
Museums: 36
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Ferndell: 5.7 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.4 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.4 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Anthony's Bluff: 0.4 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.5 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 4.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Museum of Art & History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 47°1,154 m13.7 mi
Crystal PeakNE 47°1,097 m14.2 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 28°1,063 m14.6 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 24°1,061 m14.3 mi
Mount ChualNE 47°1,046 m14.5 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 348°985 m17.6 mi
Castle RockNNW 348°979 m18.0 mi
El SombrosoNNE 24°917 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1816:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/407731756

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