Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Phelps Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
The Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments, a division of the Yale School of Music, is a museum in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1900 by a gift of historic keyboard instruments from Morris Steinert, and later enriched in 1960 and 1962 by the acquisition of the Belle Skinner and Emil Herrmann collections. Initially housed under the dome of Woolsey Hall, it was moved in 1961 to a historic Romanesque structure on Hillhouse Avenue, constructed in 1895 for the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
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Dates from 1900.
Wikidata Q8047439, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Yale University
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Phelps Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Art Center Mini-Park: 0.1 mi
- Jean Pope Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Selin Courtyard: 0.3 mi
- South Court: 0.3 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 0.1 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 0.3 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 0.9 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 1.3 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 1.8 mi
- World War I Cenotaph: 0.2 mi
- Amistad Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Bishop Tutu Corner: 0.4 mi
- Joseph W. Lenzi: 0.6 mi
- Gag Jr's Corner: 0.6 mi
- East Rock: 1.4 mi
- Snake Rock: 1.5 mi
- Indian Head: 1.5 mi
- Whitney Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mill Rock: 1.9 mi
- West River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- West River Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Quarry Park Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Glacial Kettle: 2.8 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 4.6 mi
- Shell Beach: 4.8 mi
- Prospect Beach: 4.9 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 5.2 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 5.3 mi
- Knot Garden: 0.2 mi
- Winchester Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mansfield St. Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Bog Garden: 0.6 mi
- Perennial Beds: 0.6 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.2 mi
- Cascade: 5.6 mi
- Sperry Falls: 5.9 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.2 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.3 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 5.1 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.2 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.6 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 11.0 mi
- Bear Cave: 11.5 mi
- An American Dream: 0.9 mi
- John B Pierce: 0.9 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 0.9 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.2 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 1.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.6 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.4 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
- Pond View: 16.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 16.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 16.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 14.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.2 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | N 353° | 263 m | 10.4 mi |
| High Rock | N 352° | 216 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNE 12° | 206 m | 8.4 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 289° | 202 m | 10.6 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NW 319° | 199 m | 10.6 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 335° | 193 m | 8.7 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 321° | 190 m | 6.6 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 309° | 183 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/225322474
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