The Metal Museum
The Metal Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. The nearest named place is Chickasaw Heritage Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 160 miles off.
The story
The Metal Museum, formerly called the National Ornamental Metal Museum, is a museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded by artist-blacksmith James Wallace, the museum is devoted to exhibitions of metalwork and public programs featuring metalsmiths.
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Wikidata Q12062415, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1979
What to expect
How to reach it
- 159.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 9.4 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 36.5 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chickasaw Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
- Crump Park: 0.1 mi
- Martyr's Park: 0.4 mi
- Ashburn-Coppock Park: 0.6 mi
- Gaston Park: 1.2 mi
- Memphis Martyrs: 0.4 mi
- Yellow Fever Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Ashburn-Coppock Park: 0.6 mi
- James A. Hyter, Ol Man River: 0.9 mi
- Tom Lee (1885-1952): 1.0 mi
- Memphis Riverboats: 1.5 mi
- Sidewalk of Stars at the Orpheum: 1.6 mi
- Eddie Murphy Star Marker: 1.6 mi
- Gibson Guitar Factory Tour: 1.6 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.8 mi
- Blues Hall of Fame: 1.2 mi
- National Civil Rights Museum: 1.2 mi
- Memphis Rock 'N Soul Museum: 1.6 mi
- Memphis Music Hall of Fame: 1.7 mi
- Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art: 1.7 mi
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 13.1 mi
- West Junction shore: 18.8 mi
- West Snake Beach: 18.9 mi
- West Potato Beach: 19.1 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 19.1 mi
- Upstander: 1.3 mi
- Whirl: 1.4 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 1.6 mi
- Elvis Presley: 2.1 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 2.7 mi
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 4.1 mi
- Audubon Park: 9.2 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 12.2 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 15.1 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 16.7 mi
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Meditation Garden: 6.2 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 7.8 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 2.0 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 13.6 mi
- Hopefield: 2.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.0 mi
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 23.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:14 | 16:53 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 63 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Memphis, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/470757466
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 2 mi
- West Memphis · 6 mi
- Marion · 9 mi
- Southaven · 12 mi
- Bartlett · 13 mi
- Olive Branch · 18 mi
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