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Ackland Art Museum

The Ackland Art Museum is a museum and academic unit of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded through the bequest of William Hayes Ackland to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Address: 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Varsity Theatre and Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater, which is situated 400 feet north of Ackland Art Museum.

Museum
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is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a unit of the university, Morehead receives about one-third of its funding through state sources, one-third through ticket and gift sales, and one-third through gifts and grants. is situated 1,400 feet east of Ackland Art Museum.

Library
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The is a library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Completed in 1929, it served as the university's main library until 1984. is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Ackland Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrboro and Collins Crossing.

Town
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is a town in in the U.S. state of . The population was 21,295 at the 2020 census. The town, which is part of the combined statistical area, was named after North Carolina industrialist Julian S.

Neighborhood
Formerly Abby Court, and previously Old Well, is a complex of over 300 residences in North Carolina. Formerly advertised as a complex of “condominiums,” however only a few units, 63 to be exact, are still privately owned. is situated 1½ miles west of Ackland Art Museum.

Suburb
is a 312-acre of retail, office, and civic space. was the top selling neighborhood in the Triangle market from 1999 to 2001. is situated 2 miles south of Ackland Art Museum.

Ackland Art Museum

Latitude
35.91256° or 35° 54′ 45″ north
Longitude
-79.05485° or 79° 3′ 18″ west
Elevation
492 feet (150 metres)
Operator
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Open location code
8772WW7W+23
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44342484
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7194683
Wiki­data ID
Q4674272
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Slovenian—“Ackland Art Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف أكلاند للفنون”
  • Bashkir: “Экленд художество музейы”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Art Ackland”
  • Dutch: “Ackland-kunstmuseum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف اكلاند للفنون”
  • French: “musée d’Art Ackland”
  • French: “Musée d’Art Ackland”
  • German: “Ackland Kunstmuseum”
  • German: “Kunstmuseum Ackland”
  • Japanese: “ノースカロライナ大学オークランド・アート・ミュージアム”
  • Russian: “Художественный музей Экленда”
  • Slovenian: “Ackladski muzej umetnosti”

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