Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is a museum in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. Fort Hill stands 370 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, formerly the Stovall Museum of Science and History and The Museum of the University of Oklahoma, is the officially designated natural history museum for the State of Oklahoma, located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The museum was founded in 1899 by an act of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature. Its current building was completed in 1999 under the leadership of Michael A. Mares, who was director from 1983 to 2003 and from 2008 to 2018. The museum contains more than 10 million objects and specimens in 12 collections. The current building is a 198,000-square-foot facility with almost 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of public space, with five permanent and two temporary galleries and exhibits that provide an in-depth tour of Oklahoma's natural and cultural history. The remainder of the facility is dedicated to housing museum collections, laboratories, libraries, and offices. It is one of the world's largest university-based natural history museums. Before its 1999 relocation and expansion, the original museum chartered by the Oklahoma legislature in 1899 had occupied much smaller quarters in various buildings on campus. It was originally named as the Department of Geology and Natural History, renamed the Museum of the University of Oklahoma in 1943, and in 1953 named the Stovall Museum of Science and History, for J. Willis Stovall, a paleontologist and faculty professor who was director from 1943 to 1953.
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Wikidata Q3330870, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Walker-Adams Mall: 0.5 mi
- David Burr Park: 0.6 mi
- Reaves Park: 0.6 mi
- Walnut Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- OU Chant Park: 0.7 mi
- Buffalo Statue: 0.1 mi
- Jeffrey: 0.2 mi
- Class of 1890 Archway: 0.7 mi
- The Sower: 0.7 mi
- Class of 1990 Archway: 0.7 mi
- Cleveland County Veteran's Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Sam Bradford statue: 0.9 mi
- Jason White statue: 0.9 mi
- Billy Vessels statue: 0.9 mi
- Steve Owens statue: 0.9 mi
- Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art: 1.1 mi
- Moore-Lindsay Historical House: 2.2 mi
- Southern Cleveland County Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Museum of Osteology: 11.8 mi
- McClain County Museum: 13.4 mi
- Unity Garden: 0.7 mi
- Garden of Chemistry: 0.8 mi
- Canyon Garden: 1.0 mi
- Peggy V. Helmerich Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Canyon Garden: 1.0 mi
- Wheeler Ferris Wheel: 18.4 mi
- Oklahoma River Cruises: 18.5 mi
- Oklahoma National Stockyard: 18.9 mi
- Paycom Center: 19.0 mi
- Coca Cola Brick Town Event Center: 19.0 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Oliver Wildlife Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Crosstimbers Off-Road Vehicle Park: 10.6 mi
- Lexington State Wildlife Management Area: 17.4 mi
- Fort Hill: 5.0 mi
- Red Hill: 12.8 mi
- Overlook Hill: 18.1 mi
- Red Hill Picnic Pavilion: 12.8 mi
- Devon Picnic Grounds: 22.7 mi
- School Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hill | ESE 113° | 370 m | 5.0 mi |
| Red Hill | SSE 157° | 364.6 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 82 | 81 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norman 3sse, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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