The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pioneers, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (SACAM) documents American music through historical artifacts and archival records in multiple formats. The center is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's library system and the University of Illinois School of Music. Among the center's important collections are archives of John Philip Sousa, Albert Austin Harding (Illinois' first band-master), Herbert L. Clarke and the University of Illinois Bands. The center is devoted to collection and preservation, public access, exhibitions, publications, and scholarship. The center is located in the Harding Band Building on the campus of the University of Illinois. It operates as a museum, with annual rotating exhibits on themes such as Baseball and Music, Women and Music, Technology and Music, and events during the annual November Music Month in Champaign-Urbana. All collections are accessible to the public and are regularly used in exhibit displays and public programming.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2002-09-26.
Wikidata Q7565230, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Illinois Library
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pioneers: 0.1 mi
- Night Train: 0.1 mi
- Tree of Life Fantasy: 0.2 mi
- Son of Deucalion: 0.2 mi
- Son of Deucalion: 0.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- H. I. Gelvin and Mabery D. Gelvin Garden: 0.2 mi
- South Quad: 0.2 mi
- Main Quad: 0.3 mi
- Anniversary Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Wesley Wildflower Corner: 0.5 mi
- Red Oak Rain Garden: 0.5 mi
- Beckman Garden: 0.8 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.8 mi
- Idea Garden: 0.9 mi
- Mac and Diana Garret Memorial Tree: 0.2 mi
- Eternal Flame: 0.2 mi
- Class of 1900 Memorial Bench: 0.4 mi
- The Long Way Home: 0.4 mi
- Senior Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Busey Woods: 1.9 mi
- Barnhart Prairie Restoration: 4.2 mi
- Brownfield Woods: 4.4 mi
- Trelease Prairie: 5.0 mi
- Trelease Woods: 5.1 mi
- Krannert Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Carl R. Woese Museum: 0.3 mi
- Spurlock Museum: 0.6 mi
- Anita Purves Nature Center: 1.9 mi
- Museum of the Grand Prairie: 11.1 mi
- Experimental Round Barns: 0.8 mi
- American Football House: 0.8 mi
- Music Barn: 22.6 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 22.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 8.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 13.1 mi
- The Oasis: 2.7 mi
- Kumler: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | WSW 247° | 228 m | 13.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | NE 50° | 214 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:45 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champaign 3S, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1514714449
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