USC Pacific Asia Museum
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USC Pacific Asia Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 260 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pasadena Robinson Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
USC Pacific Asia Museum is an Asian art museum located at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California, United States. The museum was founded in 1971 by the Pacificulture Foundation, which purchased "The Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Oriental Art" from the City of Pasadena. Grace Nicholson donated the structure to the city for art and cultural purposes in 1943 and was a dealer in Native American and, later, Asian art and antiques. It houses some 15,000 rare and representative examples of art from throughout Asia and the Pacific Islands. In 2013, the museum became part of the University of Southern California. The building was temporarily closed beginning June 27, 2016 until December 2017 for a seismic retrofit and renovation. It has reopened as of December 8, 2017 with new operating hours. The building, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1926 and designed by the architectural firm of Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury. It is designed in the style of a Chinese imperial palace and features a central courtyard with a garden, a small pool, and decorative carvings.
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Dates from 1924.
Wikidata Q7122298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 260 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Defenders of the Union: 0.4 mi
- Armenian Genocide Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Wall: 1.3 mi
- Playhouse Village Park: 0.3 mi
- Pasadena Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Villa Park: 0.6 mi
- Central Park: 0.6 mi
- Grant Park: 0.9 mi
- The Big Bang Theory Rooftop: 0.3 mi
- Old Pasadena Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Boone Sculpture Garden: 1.4 mi
- Colorado Street Bridge: 1.4 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Oakland Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Catalina Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Garden of the Associates: 1.1 mi
- Throop Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Wrigley Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Norton Simon Museum of Art: 1.0 mi
- Norton Simon Museum of Art: 1.0 mi
- Pasadena Museum of History: 1.2 mi
- The Gamble House: 1.2 mi
- Kidspace Children's Museum: 1.4 mi
- Fork in the Road: 1.3 mi
- Lion Dogs: 1.9 mi
- Lion Dogs: 1.9 mi
- Bearded Figure: 2.0 mi
- Allegorical Figure: 2.0 mi
- Grace Hill: 1.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
- Poppy Peak: 2.5 mi
- Oneonta Knoll: 3.1 mi
- Flint Peak: 3.4 mi
- Lower Arroyo Park: 1.6 mi
- Eaton Canyon Natural Area and Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Hahamongna Watershed Natural Park: 3.7 mi
- Casa Del Caballero: 3.7 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 4.0 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 3.0 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 4.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Paul Little: 6.6 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 7.2 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 11.6 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 11.7 mi
- Doe Spring: 13.3 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 14.2 mi
- Fascination Spring: 14.5 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 4.1 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 4.4 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 4.4 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 4.5 mi
- Suspended Boulder Falls: 4.5 mi
- Mother's Beach: 21.4 mi
- Palisades Beach: 22.9 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 23.1 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 24.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 7.7 mi
- Spa Palace: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of USC Pacific Asia Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | N 7° | 1,879 m | 9.5 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NNE 20° | 1,878 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 17° | 1,819 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNE 14° | 1,807 m | 8.8 mi |
| Vetter Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,783 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 12° | 1,767 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNE 21° | 1,746 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 41° | 1,737 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174112
Day trips start here
- Pasadena · 1 mi
- South Pasadena · 2 mi
- San Marino · 3 mi
- Alhambra · 4 mi
- San Gabriel · 4 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 5 mi
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