Museum of Arts & Sciences
Museum of Arts & Sciences is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Buncombe Hill stands 12 m to the west, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. HALIFAX HERITAGE BYWAY runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum of Arts and Sciences, often referred to as MOAS, is a museum in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. MOAS is the primary art, science and history museum in Central Florida. Programs are sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture, the Florida Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the County of Volusia.The museum is a member of the American Alliance of Museums and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. It is home to the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art which contains a collection of Florida art, The Lowell and Nancy Lohman Planetarium, the only planetarium located on Florida's Space Coast, as well as 30,000 artifacts, making it one of the largest museums in central Florida.
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Dates from 1955.
Wikidata Q6940774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the HALIFAX HERITAGE BYWAY
- 6.5 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
- 6.6 mi off the ORMOND LOOP & TRAIL, National
- 15.3 mi off the RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR, National
Overlooks nearby
- Airport Observation Deck · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tuskawilla Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Samuel Butts Youth Archaeological Park and Recreational Trail: 0.6 mi
- Tuscawilla Park: 0.6 mi
- Henry Lee Park: 0.8 mi
- NR1 Courtyard: 0.9 mi
- Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art: 0.0 mi
- Hosseini Center: 0.9 mi
- Southeast Museum of Photography: 0.9 mi
- Mary McLeod Bethune House: 1.5 mi
- Halifax Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Tarragona Tower: 0.8 mi
- 1920's Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- Charles Burgoyne: 1.7 mi
- 1920's River Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Charles Burgoyne: 1.7 mi
- Legacy Garden: 0.8 mi
- Derbyshire Place Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Flower Circle: 4.0 mi
- Public Garden: 5.9 mi
- Nature Playground Garden: 13.0 mi
- Wright Flyer Replica: 0.7 mi
- Spirit Rock: 0.8 mi
- Wings of Change: 0.8 mi
- Reaching New Horizons: 0.9 mi
- Pathways to the Sky: 0.9 mi
- Pineland Natural Conservation Area: 8.1 mi
- Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Scrub Oak Preserve: 23.0 mi
- Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refugee: 23.2 mi
- Zoom Air Adventure Park: 0.7 mi
- Daytona International Speedway Visitors Center: 1.8 mi
- UNOH FanZone: 2.0 mi
- Skydive Deland: 17.1 mi
- Disappearing Island: 10.7 mi
- Inlet Shore Beach Area: 11.4 mi
- New Smyrna Beach: 14.4 mi
- Apollo Beach: 24.4 mi
- Green Mound: 7.5 mi
- Buncombe Hill: 7.7 mi
- DeLeon Spring: 20.0 mi
- Volusia Blue Spring: 24.9 mi
- The Grove: 4.2 mi
- Eldora: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Arts & Sciences. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe Hill | W 263° | 12 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:05 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 19:52 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:51 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:55 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 59 | 61 | 65 | 71 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 68 | 62 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Daytona Beach, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Daytona Beach · 1 mi
- Palm Coast · 29 mi
- Hammock Beach · 30 mi
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