The Andy Warhol Museum
The Andy Warhol Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Big Knob stands 423 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mythic Source, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
The Andy Warhol Museum is located on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the largest museum in North America dedicated to a single artist. The museum holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives from the Pittsburgh-born pop art icon Andy Warhol. The Andy Warhol Museum is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and is a collaborative project of the Carnegie Institute, the Dia Art Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWFVA).
The museum is located in an 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m2) facility on seven floors. Containing 17 galleries, the museum features 900 paintings, close to 2,000 works on paper, over 1,000 published unique prints, 77 sculptures, 4,000 photographs, and over 4,350 Warhol films and videotaped works. Its most recent operating budget (2010) was $6.1 million. In addition to its Pittsburgh location the museum has sponsored 56 traveling exhibits that have attracted close to nine million visitors in 153 venues worldwide since 1996.
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Dates from 1994-05-13.
Wikidata Q751172, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mythic Source: 0.1 mi
- Pittsburgh Variations: 0.1 mi
- The Forks: 0.1 mi
- Mythic Source: 0.1 mi
- The Builders: 0.1 mi
- Willie Stargell Statue: 0.1 mi
- Roberto Clemente Statue: 0.1 mi
- J.P. "Honus" Wagner Statue: 0.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- James Mills: 0.5 mi
- Allegheny Commons East Park: 0.2 mi
- Buhl Community Park: 0.3 mi
- Agnes R. Katz Plaza: 0.4 mi
- 7th and Penn Parklet: 0.4 mi
- 9th & Penn Parklet: 0.4 mi
- Monument Hill: 0.5 mi
- Herron Hill: 2.4 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.5 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 3.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.6 mi
- Grandview Overlook Park: 1.1 mi
- The Saddle: 1.3 mi
- Chatham Village Greenspace: 1.6 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.3 mi
- St John's Green: 2.7 mi
- Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Illusions Pittsburgh: 0.4 mi
- Wood Street Galleries: 0.5 mi
- Senator John Heinz History Center: 0.5 mi
- Fort Pitt Museum: 0.6 mi
- Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Welcome to Pittsburgh: 0.6 mi
- Learning Garden: 0.7 mi
- Carole's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Fineview Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.7 mi
- Grove: 8.7 mi
- White Pine Grove: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 9.8 mi
- USS Requin: 0.9 mi
- William Pitt Union: 2.5 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 2.6 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 2.7 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 4.0 mi
- Tiger Beach: 4.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.5 mi
- Hay's Wall: 5.0 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Point Pleasant: 19.2 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 9.3 mi
- Snake Run: 20.3 mi
- Frankfort Mineral Springs: 22.8 mi
- Francis Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lacock Spring: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of The Andy Warhol Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NNW 331° | 423 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hannas Knob | SSW 214° | 417 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | SSE 169° | 407 m | 13.8 mi |
| Herron Hill | E 79° | 384 m | 2.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 308° | 375 m | 20.6 mi |
| Rich Hill | NE 43° | 365 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 69° | 229.2 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Green Tree · 3 mi
- Ross Township · 5 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 6 mi
- Robinson Township · 7 mi
- Coraopolis · 10 mi
- Franklin Park · 10 mi
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