Reading Public Museum
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Reading Public Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Troy, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
The Reading Public Museum is a museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, located in the 18th Ward, along the Wyomissing Creek. By the size and scope of its collection, numbering more than 280,000 objects and specimens, it is the largest private museum and largest collection of artwork, numbering over 50,000 works, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The museum's permanent collection focuses primarily on art, science, and cultural artifacts and its site also features the Neag planetarium and a 25-acre (100,000 m2) arboretum filled with rare plants and champion trees. The Museum has a long history of innovative programming and exhibitions, including hosting major solo exhibitions and retrospectives for artists such as Alexandre Iacovleff (1947); Claude Venard (1969); Valfred Thelin (1969); Tetsuro Sawada (1970); Gloria Vanderbilt (1971); Marsden Hartley (1971); Robert Indiana (1983); Jimmy Ernst (1991); Liliana Porter (1993); Brigitta Bertoia (1994); Reuben Nakian, (1999); Dan Namingha (1991) and David Lynch (2003) among others. It was one of the first museums in the United States to exhibit, in 1937, the original cartoons and drawings of the noted animator and film executive Walt Disney (1901–1966); and was the very first museum in the world to both exhibit a work by and award a prize to the internationally recognized pop artist and Pennsylvania native Keith Haring (1958–1990).
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Dates from 1907.
Wikidata Q7300542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Exton Bypass
Named places within 25 miles
- Museum Arboretum: 0.1 mi
- West Reading Playground: 0.3 mi
- Oakbrook Housing Park: 0.6 mi
- Happy Hollow Playground: 0.6 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.8 mi
- Slate Hill: 1.2 mi
- Highs Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Penn: 2.9 mi
- Dengler Hill: 3.1 mi
- Neversink Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Edelman Bench: 1.2 mi
- Clymer Bench: 1.3 mi
- Sherk Bench: 1.5 mi
- Volunteer Firemen's Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Anchor from the U.S.S. Maine: 2.0 mi
- Slate Hill Open Space: 1.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 324: 2.2 mi
- Neversink Mountain Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Green Hills Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Seidel Hill Tract: 5.5 mi
- Peace Rock: 2.6 mi
- Graffitti Tree: 10.7 mi
- Raggedy Ann's Ice Cream Shop: 11.9 mi
- Twas the Night Before Christmas: 11.9 mi
- Farm Life in Berks County: 11.9 mi
- Reading Area Firefighters Museum: 1.2 mi
- Reading Science Center: 1.5 mi
- Berks History Center: 1.9 mi
- Berks County Military History Museum: 3.1 mi
- Reeser House Visitor Center: 3.3 mi
- Troy: 0.0 mi
- Boy with Gulls: 0.0 mi
- Sundial: 0.1 mi
- Pelicans: 0.2 mi
- Sun Catcher: 0.2 mi
- Three Sisters Garden: 0.1 mi
- Trudy's Garden: 0.2 mi
- The Labyrinth Garden: 2.8 mi
- Salad & Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
- Doctor's Grove: 3.4 mi
- Springs of Punches Run: 3.7 mi
- Mammoth Spring: 3.9 mi
- Geiles Spring: 7.0 mi
- Peters Creek Spring: 9.8 mi
- Micajah Posey Spring: 11.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.6 mi
- Sweinhart Pavilion: 15.0 mi
- White Oak Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Red Rock Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 12.6 mi
- Millers Point: 12.8 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 15.9 mi
- Peace Rock: 17.4 mi
- Round Head: 22.7 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 20.1 mi
- Milford Mills: 21.6 mi
- Willow Hill Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Reading Public Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | W 274° | 396 m | 12.4 mi |
| Topton Mountain | NE 54° | 378 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Penn | ENE 62° | 342 m | 2.9 mi |
| Church Hill | ENE 63° | 332 m | 6.5 mi |
| Long Hill | E 84° | 332 m | 13.3 mi |
| Fancy Hill | E 90° | 331 m | 13.0 mi |
| Deer Path Hill | NE 43° | 326 m | 5.1 mi |
| Irish Mountain | NNE 25° | 323 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/239133425
Day trips start here
- Reading · 1 mi
- Honey Brook · 16 mi
- Pottstown · 17 mi
- Intercourse · 22 mi
- Philadelphia Region · 24 mi
- Lancaster County · 25 mi
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