Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Richard H. Driehaus Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicago + State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum is a museum located at 50 East Erie Street on the Near North Side in Chicago, Illinois, near the Magnificent Mile. The museum is housed within the historic Samuel M. Nickerson House, the 1883 residence of a wealthy Chicago banker. Although the mansion has been restored, the Driehaus Museum does not re-create the Nickerson period but rather broadly interprets and displays the prevailing design, architecture, and decorating tastes of Gilded Age America and the Art Nouveau era in permanent and special exhibitions. The interiors are replete with marble, onyx, carved exotic and domestic woods, glazed tiles, and stained glass. On display are original furnishings from the Nickerson era along with American and European decorative arts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including Art Nouveau furnishings and a number of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The museum is named after its founder, the Chicago businessman, philanthropist, and art collector Richard H. Driehaus. The artworks on display in the museum are selections from the private Driehaus Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts.
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Dates from 2003.
Wikidata Q14687486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chicago + State Park: 0.2 mi
- Jane M. Byrne Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Seneca Park: 0.3 mi
- Lake Shore Park: 0.4 mi
- Washington Square: 0.4 mi
- Family: 0.2 mi
- Archbishop Quigley: 0.3 mi
- Nathan Hale: 0.3 mi
- Ben: 0.3 mi
- Benito Juárez: 0.3 mi
- Eli Schulman: 0.3 mi
- Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite: 0.4 mi
- Site of Fort Dearborn: 0.4 mi
- First Bridge at North Dearborn Street: 0.5 mi
- Heald Square Monument: 0.5 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 0.3 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 3: 0.4 mi
- Wendella Tours - Michigan Avenue: 0.4 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 0.4 mi
- Shoreline Sightseeing: 0.4 mi
- Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden: 0.4 mi
- Chicago Lights Urban Farm: 0.7 mi
- Limestone Glade: 0.7 mi
- Light Plate: 0.9 mi
- Lurie Garden: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 1.7 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 2.1 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 2.8 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 0.6 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 0.7 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 2.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.9 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.1 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.7 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
- Players Hill: 7.4 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 25.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.8 mi
- Tedens: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 336° | 204 m | 9.8 mi |
| Players Hill | W 260° | 187 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near North · 0 mi
- Chicago · 1 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicagoland · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
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