The Africa Center
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The Africa Center is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Duke Ellington Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
The Africa Center, formerly known as the Museum for African Art and before that as the Center for African Art, is a museum located at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile. Founded in 1984, the museum is "dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture." The Museum is also well known for its public education programs that help raise awareness of African culture, and also operates a unique store selling authentic handmade African crafts. The Museum has organized nearly 60 critically acclaimed exhibitions and traveled these to almost 140 venues nationally and internationally, including 15 other countries. Forty of these exhibitions are accompanied by scholarly catalogues.
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Dates from 1984.
Wikidata Q1954603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Fort Clinton: 0.2 mi
- Nutter's Battery: 0.2 mi
- Farmers Gate: 0.2 mi
- Andrew Haswell Green Bench: 0.3 mi
- 110th St Block Assoc. Garden: 0.1 mi
- Pueblo Unido Garden: 0.1 mi
- North Garden (French): 0.2 mi
- Center Garden (Italian): 0.2 mi
- Conservatory Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peter Minuit Playground: 0.2 mi
- Mae Grant Playground: 0.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Playground: 0.3 mi
- White Playground: 0.4 mi
- 103rd Street Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Three Dancing Maidens – Untermyer Fountain: 0.2 mi
- La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.4 mi
- Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen: 0.6 mi
- Growth: 0.6 mi
- Lafayette and Washington: 0.7 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.2 mi
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.3 mi
- Garbage museum: 0.8 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 0.8 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 0.9 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.3 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.5 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.9 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.5 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.8 mi
- Great Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.0 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.1 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.6 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.7 mi
- Street Seats: 3.2 mi
- The Backyard: 6.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.5 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Palisades: 4.2 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Palisades: 6.6 mi
- The Loch: 0.5 mi
- The Falls: 8.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.2 mi
- Barber: 24.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of The Africa Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 313° | 268 m | 17.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 312° | 260 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 312° | 230 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 17.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 311° | 185 m | 19.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 311° | 180 m | 19.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 274° | 179 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 265° | 175 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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