Cloud Column

Cloud Column is a work of art in Harris County, Texas. Cloud Column is situated nearby to the park Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, as well as near the school building Glassell School of Art.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden.

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Museum

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a not-for-profit institution in the Museum District, Houston, Texas, founded in 1948, dedicated to presenting contemporary art to the public. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is situated 360 feet southwest of Cloud Column.

Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden

Park

Photo: Richard O. Barry, CC BY 2.0.

The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston, Texas, United States. Designed by artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, the garden consists of 25 works of the MFAH, including sculptures by Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, David Smith, Frank Stella, and Louise Bourgeois.

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Museum

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The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science. Houston Museum of Natural Science is situated 1,800 feet south of Cloud Column.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houston Museum District and Midtown.

Houston Museum District

Suburb

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The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture, located in Houston, Texas, United States.

Midtown

Suburb

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Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.

Texas Medical Center

Suburb

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The Texas Medical Center is a neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. It is immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288. Texas Medical Center is situated 1½ miles south of Cloud Column.

Cloud Column

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.72707° or 29° 43′ 37″ north

Longitude

-95.39067° or 95° 23′ 26″ west

Open location code

76X6PJG5+RP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5777873794

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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