The Wolfsonian - FIU
The Wolfsonian - FIU is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Art Deco Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 13 miles off.
The story
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University or The Wolfsonian–FIU, located in the heart of the Art Deco District of Miami Beach, Florida, is a museum, library and research center with collections intended to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design. Since 1997, The Wolfsonian has been a division within Florida International University. The Wolfsonian's two collections comprise approximately 180,000 pieces from the period 1885 to 1945—the height of the Industrial Revolution until the end of the Second World War—in a variety of media, including: furniture; industrial-design objects; works in glass; ceramics; metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program, sharing affiliation with the Frost Art Museum. The countries most strongly represented are Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States. There are also significant holdings from a number of other countries, including Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. Among the collection's strengths are: the British Arts & Crafts movement; Dutch and Italian variants of the Art Nouveau style; American industrial design; objects and publications from world's fairs; propaganda from the First and Second World Wars and the Spanish Civil War; New Deal graphic and decorative arts; avant-garde book design; and publications and design drawings relating to architecture.
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Dates from 1986.
Wikidata Q2178180, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lummus Park: 0.2 mi
- Canopy Park: 0.6 mi
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas Ocean Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Washington Park: 0.7 mi
- Soundscape Park: 0.7 mi
- Flamingo Park Pool: 0.4 mi
- Miami Beach Sign: 0.4 mi
- the orb: 0.4 mi
- Española way: 0.4 mi
- Flamingo Park: 0.4 mi
- Strength, 2018: 0.8 mi
- Minna: 0.9 mi
- Bent Pool: 1.0 mi
- South Pointe Park Lighthouse: 1.0 mi
- José Martí: 1.1 mi
- Art Deco Museum: 0.1 mi
- World Erotic Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Jewish Museum of Florida: 0.6 mi
- Sanford L Ziff Jewish Museum of Florida: 0.7 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.7 mi
- Joseph J. Villari: 0.7 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Simon Bolivar: 1.1 mi
- Carlos J. Finlay: 1.1 mi
- Dr. Luis Henry Debayle: 1.1 mi
- Miami Beach: 0.3 mi
- Sandy's Beach: 0.4 mi
- 14th Street Beach: 0.5 mi
- South Pointe Beach: 0.9 mi
- Miami Beach: 1.5 mi
- Bill Sadowski Critical Wildlife Area: 2.7 mi
- R Hardy Matheson County Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary: 14.5 mi
- Miramar Pineland Natural Area: 15.4 mi
- Surfside Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Honor Garden: 7.8 mi
- The Kampong: 8.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.8 mi
- Palmetum: 9.8 mi
- Fort Dallas: 3.8 mi
- Aladdin City: 24.9 mi
- Picnic Table: 21.0 mi
- Picnic Table: 21.0 mi
- Medley Landfill: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Wolfsonian - FIU. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medley Landfill | WNW 292° | 81 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 19:42 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 17:01 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 67 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 74 | 70 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miami Beach, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/449002308
Day trips start here
- Miami Beach/South Beach · 0 mi
- Miami · 7 mi
- Biscayne National Park · 10 mi
- Greater Miami · 17 mi
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