Mathers Museum of World Cultures

Mathers Museum of World Cultures is a museum of ethnography and cultural history that features exhibitions of traditional and folk arts at in .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: world Cultures
  • Also known as: “William H. Mathers Museum of World Cultures”
  • Address: 601 East 8th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kirkwood Observatory and Eskenazi Museum of Art.

Observatory
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is an astronomical owned and operated by Indiana University. It is located in , , United States. It is named for Daniel Kirkwood an astronomer and professor of mathematics at Indiana University who discovered the divisions of the asteroid belt known as the Kirkwood Gaps. is situated 1,600 feet south of Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

Museum
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The Sidney and Lois at Indiana University is an art museum at Indiana University Bloomington. It was opened in 1941 as the Indiana University Museum of Art under the direction of Henry Radford Hope. is situated 1,900 feet east of Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

Library
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serves the 138,000 citizens of , through the Downtown Library in downtown , the Ellettsville Branch, the Southwest Branch, and the Bookmobile. is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington and Broadview.

Hamlet
Bloomington is a city in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

Hamlet
Bloomington is a city in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the . is situated 2 miles south of Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

Neighborhood
Bloomington is a city in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the . is situated 2½ miles east of Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

Mathers Museum of World Cultures

Latitude
39.17001° or 39° 10′ 12″ north
Longitude
-86.52631° or 86° 31′ 35″ west
Operator
Indiana University
Open location code
86FM5FCF+2F
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way 154762636
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In Other Languages

“Mathers Museum of World Cultures” goes by many names.
  • Polish: “Muzeum Kultur Świata im. Wiliama H. Mathers”

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