Viet Museum
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Viet Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chinese American Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Viet Museum (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo Tàng Việt Nam) or the Museum of the Boat People & the Republic of Vietnam is a museum focusing on the experience of Vietnamese Americans and their journey from Vietnam to the United States. It is located in Greenwalt House, a historical home relocated to History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose, California, United States, and was opened on August 25, 2007. The museum was created by the San Jose-based nonprofit organization IRCC (Immigrant Resettlement & Cultural Center, Inc.), headed by Vũ Văn Lộc, a former colonel in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Planning for the Museum began in 1976, taking over 30 years to realize. It is believed to be the only museum in the world to exhibit artifacts related to the Vietnamese diaspora. The Viet Museum's collections focus on three periods:
1950–1975: The Republic of Vietnam and the War in the name of Freedom 1975–1996: The "Boat People" and the quest for Freedom 1975–2007: Vietnamese Americans today and the building of Liberty
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2007.
Wikidata Q7928444, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 10.48 m
- Elevation
- 44.54 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- Portuguese Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 0.1 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 0.1 mi
- Jeff Garcia Hall of Champions: 0.6 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.1 mi
- Barn: 0.3 mi
- Doc's Critter Cave: 0.3 mi
- Animal Contact Area: 0.4 mi
- Ranch House: 0.4 mi
- Kelley Park: 0.1 mi
- Vườn Truyền Thống Việt;Viet Heritage Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rocksprings Park: 0.4 mi
- McLaughlin Park: 0.8 mi
- Bestor Art Park: 0.8 mi
- Xin Cảm Ơn Nước Mỹ;Thank You America: 0.3 mi
- Another World: 0.4 mi
- San Jose Sharks: 0.6 mi
- Phật: 0.7 mi
- We Live Here: 1.1 mi
- Silly Celebration: 0.4 mi
- Picnic Perch: 0.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sunflower Circle: 0.4 mi
- Whistling Woods: 0.4 mi
- Trần Hưng Đạo: 0.9 mi
- San Jose National Bank Gate: 1.4 mi
- César E. Chávez Monument: 1.6 mi
- Olympics Black Power Statue: 1.6 mi
- Japanese American Internment Memorial: 1.7 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 1.4 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 2.9 mi
- Historic Orchard: 3.0 mi
- Communications Hill: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
- Montgomery Hill: 5.8 mi
- Lone Hill: 6.0 mi
- Alum Rock: 6.1 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 6.3 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 7.2 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 7.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 7.3 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 7.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 9.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.9 mi
- South Spring: 12.6 mi
- McClure Spring: 13.0 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 15.0 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 16.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.6 mi
- Granuja Falls: 16.7 mi
- Murietta Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lexington: 11.1 mi
- Alma: 11.7 mi
- Drawbridge: 11.8 mi
- Holy City: 13.0 mi
- Wrights: 13.4 mi
- Niles beach: 19.5 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 20.0 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 20.3 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 22.8 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 24.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.1 mi
- The Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 14.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 14.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 22.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Viet Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | E 82° | 1,327 m | 12.8 mi |
| Observatory Peak | E 83° | 1,298 m | 12.0 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | E 82° | 1,295 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 83° | 1,286 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 83° | 1,279 m | 12.0 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 83° | 1,276 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Isabel | E 88° | 1,275 m | 13.2 mi |
| Galileo Peak | E 80° | 1,273 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/28503277
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