Staten Island Museum
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Staten Island Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is NEAKA, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Staten Island Museum (officially the Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences) is Staten Island’s oldest cultural institution, and the only remaining general interest museum in New York City. Founded in 1881 by fourteen of New York City’s first “environmental activists”, the Staten Island Museum houses artifacts and specimens from ancient to contemporary periods. This “mini-Smithsonian” is rich with arts, natural sciences and local history. The museum's holdings are formally organized into three main collections: Natural Sciences, Fine Art, and History Archives & Library. The natural science collections encompass over 500,000 botanical, biological, anthropological and mineral specimens including bird nests and eggs, mounted animals, fossils, shells, and a significant collection of insects, including important type specimens. Based upon a 19th-century model, the art collection includes works spanning prehistory to the modern period, with representations of diverse world cultures from both the Western and Non-Western traditions. The historical collections include a library, maps and atlases, early films, audio recordings, photographs, historical objects, ephemera and archival documents reaching back to the 17th century.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1881.
Wikidata Q1140168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art: 0.0 mi
- Noble Maritime Collection: 0.1 mi
- World Trade Center Educational Tribute: 0.1 mi
- Staten Island Children’s Museum: 0.1 mi
- Chinese Scholar’s Garden: 0.2 mi
- Robert Richard Randall: 0.0 mi
- Randall’s Grave: 0.0 mi
- Granito / Smith: 0.8 mi
- Augustinian Academy Historical Monument: 1.2 mi
- Postcards: 1.4 mi
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden: 0.1 mi
- Walker Park: 0.4 mi
- Allison Pond Park: 0.5 mi
- Goodhue Park: 0.7 mi
- Skyline Park: 0.8 mi
- Perennial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
- Shade Garden: 0.1 mi
- Peony Collection: 0.1 mi
- White Garden: 0.1 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 0.8 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 2.6 mi
- Ingram Woods: 3.0 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 3.3 mi
- Westwood Park: 3.4 mi
- Signal Hill: 1.9 mi
- Park Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fox Hills: 2.5 mi
- Emerson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Todt Hill: 3.1 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 3.0 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 3.9 mi
- South Beach: 4.4 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 5.0 mi
- Midland Beach: 5.1 mi
- Jurassic Park: 3.5 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 3.5 mi
- The Gingerbread House: 3.6 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 3.9 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 4.1 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.6 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 7.5 mi
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 12.5 mi
- Palisades: 12.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 12.2 mi
- Hobble Falls: 12.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 13.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 13.7 mi
- North Tower: 18.2 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Barber: 11.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 15.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 21.0 mi
- Tulip Springs: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Staten Island Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 348° | 268 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 347° | 230 m | 22.7 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | WNW 294° | 217 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Kemble | WNW 291° | 215 m | 23.5 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | WNW 297° | 180 m | 22.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 345° | 180 m | 23.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | NNW 328° | 179 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 313° | 175 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Bayonne · 2 mi
- Staten Island · 5 mi
- Elizabeth · 6 mi
- Hudson County · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 7 mi
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