Zigler Art Museum
Zigler Art Museum is a museum in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Onion Hill stands 0 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is W.H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum and Children's Telephone Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Jean Lafitte Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
The Zigler Art Museum (ZAM) is an art museum in Jennings, Louisiana. It is located inside the City Hall. The ZAM permanent collection represents major movements in art from the Nineteenth Century to the present. Established in 1970 by Ruth Zigler with 20 works of art and nine dioramas, the ZAM collection has grown to include over 600 objects.
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Dates from 1970.
Wikidata Q8071796, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Jean Lafitte Scenic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Creole Nature Trail, National
56 named places within 25 miles
- War Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- North Cutting Park: 0.6 mi
- Peters Street Playground: 0.9 mi
- West End Park: 1.0 mi
- Oil and Gas Park: 1.9 mi
- W.H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum and Children's Telephone Museum: 0.1 mi
- Rice Museum: 16.1 mi
- Gueydan Museum: 16.1 mi
- Rayne City Museum: 23.2 mi
- Cajun French Music Hall of Fame and Museum: 23.7 mi
- mobile: 16.9 mi
- Old Southern Pacific Railway Station: 17.2 mi
- Duson Monument Founders of Crowley: 17.3 mi
- Frog City Festival Pavilion: 22.9 mi
- City Ballroom: 22.9 mi
- Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge Admin Building and Visitor Contact Station: 16.8 mi
- Big Burns: 18.3 mi
- Eunice Prairie: 24.3 mi
- “The Sky’s The Limit” Sculpture: 21.8 mi
- “The Sky’s The Limit” Sculpture: 21.8 mi
- Onion Hill: 22.2 mi
- Latania Hill: 23.5 mi
- Phillips Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Lormand Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Gator Chateau: 1.8 mi
- The aok tree patio: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zigler Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onion Hill | SSW 212° | 0 m | 22.2 mi |
| Latania Hill | SSW 208° | 0 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 19:41 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:39 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 70 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jennings, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367133292
Day trips start here
- Jennings · 0 mi
- Rayne · 23 mi
- Eunice · 24 mi
- Cajun Prairie · 29 mi
- Church Point · 29 mi
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