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Swope Art Museum

Swope Art Museum, a museum in Indiana
Swope Art Museum, a museum in IndianaColin Pizarek · CC BY-SA 3.0

Swope Art Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Wolf Mound stands 207 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Terre Haute Children's Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana runs past it. 136 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

About

The story

The Sheldon Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States, was originally funded by a bequest from Michael Sheldon Swope (1843–1929), a Civil War veteran and jeweler who lived in Terre Haute much of his adult life. Planning for the art museum began on September 26, 1939, and the museum was officially open to the public on March 21, 1942. According to its mission statement, "The Sheldon Swope Art Museum collects, preserves and celebrates the best in American art with programs and exhibitions designed to engage, stimulate and educate those whose lives it touches; it enhances the culture and contributes to the economic development of the Greater Wabash Valley." In addition to housing numerous important works, the Swope Art Museum offers classes for youth, artist lectures and exhibitions. It sponsors an annual student art exhibition, a tradition which began in May 1967. Admission to the museum is free.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1942.

Wikidata Q7659255, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.46571, -87.40715
Around it

136 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Fairbanks Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gilbert Park: 0.7 mi
  • Oakley Park: 0.7 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.9 mi
  • Vi Cottrell Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 20
Peaks: 14
Museums: 8
Gardens: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Watermark Landing: 0.8 mi
  • Haley Tower: 1.5 mi
  • Log Cabin Chapel: 4.2 mi
  • Bridgeton Mill: 17.7 mi
  • Mansfield Roller Mill: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Woodlawn Monument Sight: 1.1 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 4.6 mi
  • Finish Line: 7.7 mi
  • Claude Matthews Medallion: 13.4 mi
  • Craig Park Military Plaza: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 5.2 mi
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
  • Twigg Rest Park: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Pavillion Aztek Park : 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swope Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf MoundNW 315°207 m22.1 mi
Sand HillE 94°207 m24.2 mi
Yaw HillSSE 160°205 m11.1 mi
Vinegar HillE 93°205 m20.2 mi
Sanford HillSSE 164°204 m8.8 mi
Keiser HillE 93°201 m24.7 mi
Cromwell HillE 97°200 m22.6 mi
Drake HillE 100°196 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2620:02
June solstice06:2320:4121:21
September equinox07:3819:1319:48
December solstice08:0716:4717:30

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303444566675787770574535
Precip in2.52.53.44.94.85.14.33.33.33.73.73.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terre Haute Indiana State, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7177887119

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