Professor Joseph Henry Statue
Professor Joseph Henry, also known as the Joseph Henry Memorial, is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting scientist Joseph Henry, the first president of the Smithsonian Institution.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: artwork by William Wetmore Story
- Also known as: “Henry Statue”, “Joseph Henry”, “Joseph Henry Statue”, “Professor Joseph Henry”, and “Statue of Joseph Henry”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of Natural History.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 760 feet north of Professor Joseph Henry Statue.
National Museum of African Art
Museum
Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.
The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes. National Museum of African Art is situated 460 feet south of Professor Joseph Henry Statue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown and East End.
Downtown
Suburb
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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Professor Joseph Henry Statue
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88916° or 38° 53′ 21″ northLongitude
-77.02598° or 77° 1′ 34″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Height
9 feet (2.7 metres)Open location code
87C4VXQF+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 358958423OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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In Other Languages
“Professor Joseph Henry Statue” goes by many names.
- French: “Professor Joseph Henry”
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