Wright Museum of Art
Wright Museum of Art is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. High Point stands 362 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Logan Museum of Anthropology, a museum 0.1 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Wright Museum of Art is a small art museum maintained and operated by Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. It houses a collection of approximately 6,000 objects, has five gallery spaces, and provides training for undergraduate students in museum studies. The building is also home to the department of studio art and art history. The Wright Museum of Art was founded with the donation of Helen Brace Emerson's personal collection in 1892. Emerson continued to be involved in art appreciation and access at Beloit College. In 1894 she brought a collection of ancient Greek sculpture that had been displayed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. At the behest of Emerson other individuals gifted the College art and donations to further the art department. In the year 1930 Beloit College partnered with the city of Beloit to build the Wright Museum of Art. The initial funds of $139,000 constructed at building modeled after the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. Over the years new additions were added to the museum: a second floor in 1949, an annex in 1960, and general renovations in 1996 and 2009. The museum was named for Theodore Lyman Wright, an 1880 graduate and later professor of Greek and the fine arts. The objects housed at the Wright Museum are "mostly European and American prints and paintings, College portraits, 19th century historic architecture photos, Soviet political propaganda posters, and Asian decorative arts, icons, and woodblock prints."
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Wikidata Q8038231, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Horace White Park: 0.2 mi
- Stateline Restoration Prairie: 0.4 mi
- Mechanics Green: 0.4 mi
- Water Tower Park: 0.5 mi
- Field Park: 0.5 mi
- Rockton Bog Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- William & Gayle Keefer Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Hononegah Forest Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Clayton Andrews Forest Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Busse Prairie Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Logan Museum of Anthropology: 0.1 mi
- Rasey House: 0.1 mi
- Bushnell Wheeler House: 0.9 mi
- Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- Stephen Mack Home: 4.6 mi
- Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 6.4 mi
- Home of Governor Harvey: 6.7 mi
- Shopiere Clock: 6.7 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 8.6 mi
- First State Fair: 12.6 mi
- The Wall: 0.3 mi
- Harmony Atlas: 13.1 mi
- Ancient Scholar Bunjinze: 14.7 mi
- MAGGIE THE COW: 14.8 mi
- Symbol: 14.9 mi
- Coral Cove Family Fun Center: 2.5 mi
- Skydive the Rock: 3.2 mi
- Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 4.1 mi
- Macktown County Forest Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Beckman Mill: 7.1 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens: 11.8 mi
- Womanspace Gardens & Labyrinth: 13.4 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 14.4 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 2.3 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 2.4 mi
- Rest Area #17 Janesville: 18.5 mi
- Janesville Rest Area 17: 18.5 mi
- Belvidere Oasis: 21.1 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 8.6 mi
- Fellows: 19.0 mi
- Clarence: 19.6 mi
- Reeds Crossing: 23.9 mi
- Olson Beach: 11.0 mi
- Lions Beach: 11.7 mi
- Standfield Beach: 17.6 mi
- Assembly Park Beach: 23.1 mi
- Lookout Point: 15.2 mi
- Mount Zion: 15.4 mi
- Turtle Mound: 16.1 mi
- High Point: 24.3 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 14.7 mi
- Sandstone Wall: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wright Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | E 95° | 362 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Zion | NNE 21° | 316 m | 15.4 mi |
| Turtle Mound | S 191° | 218 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beloit, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1112392207
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