Museum of Monterey

Museum of Monterey is a museum in Monterey County, Central Coast, California which is located on Custom House Plaza. Museum of Monterey is situated nearby to Custom House Plaza, as well as near the museum Pacific House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Custom House and Josiah Merritt Adobe.

Old Custom House

Museum

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The Old Custom House is the oldest surviving government building in California, built in 1827 by Mexican authorities in Monterey, then the capital of Alta California.

Josiah Merritt Adobe

Historic building

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The Josiah Merritt Adobe, located at 386 Pacific St. in Monterey, California and also known as Merritt House, is a historic house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Josiah Merritt Adobe is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Museum of Monterey.

Monterey Museum of Art

Museum

Photo: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Monterey Museum of Art an art museum located in Monterey, California. It was founded in 1959 as a chapter of the American Federation of Arts. The Monterey Museum of Art's mission is to engage the community and celebrate the diversity of California art--past, present, and future, with painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media from the nineteenth century to the present day. Monterey Museum of Art is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Museum of Monterey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monterey and New Monterey.

Monterey

Photo: Daderot, CC0.

Monterey is a city in the Monterey County area of Monterey Bay in California. Monterey is one of the more beautiful coastal cities of California, and then a historic city can make for a great two-day trip for those visiting San Francisco or a weekend getaway for California natives.

New Monterey

Neighborhood

New Monterey is a neighborhood of Monterey, California. Formerly, it was an unincorporated community that was later incorporated in the city of Monterey.

Del Monte

Suburb

Del Monte is a district of Monterey, California. It was formerly an independent unincorporated community in Monterey County. It is located in the east part of Monterey, at an elevation of 16 feet.

Museum of Monterey

Type: Museum
Address: 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey, 93940
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.60239° or 36° 36′ 9″ north

Longitude

-121.89328° or 121° 53′ 36″ west

Open location code

848WJ424+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 152304181

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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