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This is a list of well-known sculpture parks:

Australia

  • National Gallery of Australia has a sculpture park from the gallery to the banks of Lake Burley Griffin
    Lake Burley Griffin
    Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was completed in 1963 after the Molonglo River—which ran between the city centre and Parliamentary Triangle—was dammed...

    . One of the permanent exhibits in the park is a fern garden designed by Fiona Hall.
  • Sculpture Park from the Heide Museum of Modern Art
    Heide Museum of Modern Art
    Heide Museum of Modern Art, more commonly just Heide, is a contemporary art museum located in Bulleen, east of Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1981, the museum comprises several detached buildings and surrounding gardens & parklands of historical importance that are used as gallery spaces to...

     in Bulleen
    Bulleen, Victoria
    Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:...

     near Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

    . Sculptures are permanently exhibited.
  • McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, a public sculpture garden in Langwarrin
    Langwarrin, Victoria
    Langwarrin is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston...

     near Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

    .
  • The lyons sculpture park. This is a 15 acres (60,702.9 m²) sculpture park in Lyons Western Victoria.

Austria

  • Skulpturenpark Artpark
    Skulpturenpark Artpark
    The Skulpturenpark Artpark is a sculpture garden in the city of Linz, Austria, where more than 20 artists had created their sculptures. The size of the garden is over 5.000 square meters.- Situation :...

     is an urban sculpture garden in the city of Linz
    Linz
    Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

    , Upper Austria
    Upper Austria
    Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...

    . Sculptures are permanently exhibited.
  • Österreichischer Skulpturenpark (Austrian Sculpture Park) is a sculpture park with outdoor sculptures of contemporary Austrian and international artists in Unterpremstätten
    Unterpremstätten
    Unterpremstätten is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in Styria, Austria.It is perhaps most famous as the location of austriamicrosystems....

    , 7 km south of the Styrian capital Graz
    Graz
    The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

    .


Belgium

  • Beeldentuin Middelheim Museum in Antwerp


Canada

  • Canadian Centre for Architecture
    Canadian Centre for Architecture
    The Canadian Centre for Architecture is a museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Phyllis Lambert is the Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Mirko Zardini is the Director and Chief Curator....

     is an architecture
    Architecture
    Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

     museum and research centre located in Montreal
    Montreal
    Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

    , Quebec
    Quebec
    Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

    . The architect Phyllis Lambert
    Phyllis Lambert
    Phyllis Barbara Lambert CC, GOQ, OAL, FRAIC, FRSC, RCA is a Canadian philanthropist and member of the Bronfman family....

     is the founder and director.
  • Odette Sculpture Park
    Odette Sculpture Park
    The Odette Sculpture Park is an open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that shows 31 large-scale contemporary sculptures by world-renowned artists including Elisabeth Frink....

    .
  • Toronto Sculpture Garden
    Toronto Sculpture Garden
    The Toronto Sculpture Garden is located at 115 King Street East in a small 80 by 100 foot park directly across the street from Cathedral Church of St. James , in Toronto, Canada. It has operated since 1981-Amenities:...

  • The Jock Hildebrand Sculpture Park An outdoor Sculpture Garden in Westbank British Columbia Canada.

Denmark

  • Tørskind Gravel Pit
    Tørskind Gravel Pit
    Tørskind Gravel Pit is a former gravel pit converted to a sculpture park near Egtved, Vejle, Denmark.The sculptures were created by Robert Jacobsen and Jean Clareboudt over five years up to 1991 and feature steel, granite and timber.-External links:*...

     a former gravel pit converted to a sculpture park near Egtved
    Egtved
    Egtved is a village with a population of 2,207 near Vejle, Denmark in Vejle municipality in the Danish Region of Southern Denmark.Nearby is Tørskind Gravel Pit, a spectacular sculpture park....

    , Vejle
    Vejle
    Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...

    , Denmark
    Denmark
    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

    .

China

  • Changchun World Sculpture Park (长春世界雕塑公园) in Changchun City, Jilin Province.
  • Guangzhou Sculpture Park. "China's largest thematic sculpture park."
  • Guilin Yuzi Paradise (愚自乐园). "This large scale park hosts land art and contemporary sculpture featuring over 200 works by 140 artists from 47 different nations. On the grounds of Yuzi Paradise (or ‘Fool’s Paradise’) is also the Hotel of Modern Art."

More sculpture parks in China—listed on Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...

 page You can add them in this section.

France

  • Musée Rodin
    Musée Rodin
    The Musée Rodin in Paris, France, is a museum that was opened in 1919 in the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds. It displays works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin....

     in Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

     has an extensive sculpture garden featuring many of Auguste Rodin
    Auguste Rodin
    François-Auguste-René Rodin , known as Auguste Rodin , was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past...

    's most famous works.
  • Tuileries Garden
    Tuileries Garden
    The Tuileries Garden is a public garden located between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Created by Catherine de Medicis as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was first opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the...

     outside the Louvre, Paris, including works by Aristide Maillol
    Aristide Maillol
    Aristide Maillol or Aristides Maillol was a French Catalan sculptor and painter.-Biography:...

    .
  • Jardin du Luxembourg
    Jardin du Luxembourg
    The Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Gardens, is the second largest public park in Paris The Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Gardens, is the second largest public park in Paris The Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Gardens, is the second largest public park in Paris (224,500 m²...

    , Paris
  • The towns of Cesson-Sévigné
    Cesson-Sévigné
    Cesson-Sévigné is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.It is a suburb directly to the east of Rennes, bordered on its west side by the University of Rennes and the Technopole Atalante. It is primarily a residential area for the middle class. The south side...

     and Hédé
    Hédé
    Hédé-Bazouges is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in north-western France.On 1 January 2008, the village of Saint-Symphorien was separated from the commune, and given the status of commune in its own right.....

     near Rennes in Brittany have sculpture gardens dedicated to the work of Jean Boucher
    Jean Boucher (artist)
    Jean Boucher was a French sculptor based in Brittany. He is best known for his public memorial sculptures which communicated his liberal politics and patriotic dedication to France and Brittany.-Early years:Boucher was born in Cesson-Sévigné near Rennes, Brittany...

    .
  • Kerguehennec near Vannes
    Vannes
    Vannes is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2000 years ago.-Geography:Vannes is located on the Gulf of Morbihan at the mouth of two rivers, the Marle and the Vincin. It is around 100 km northwest of Nantes and 450 km south west...

     in Brittany with contemporary sculptures.


Germany

  • Skulpturengarten Damnatz. The sculpture garden is founded by Klaus and Monika Müller-KLug.
  • Skulpturen Park Köln
    Skulpturen Park Köln
    Skulpturen Park Köln is a major international overview of contemporary sculpture taking place from 19972009 in Cologne, Germany- History :-Subjects:...

    , located in Cologne, Germany. The park features contemporary sculptures (19972009).


Hungary

  • Szoborpark, the statue park in the outskirts of Budapest
    Budapest
    Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

    , Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    , which houses the statues from communist times which are "no longer required"


Ireland

  • Sculpture in the Parklands
    Sculpture in the Parklands
    The Sculpture in the Parklands is a land and environmental sculpture park located in Lough Boora, Co. Offaly, Ireland. The park is open to the public 365 days of the year and admission is free. Wheelchair access and disabled parking are available at the sculpture park. The Offaly Ways passes...

    , Lough Boora, Co. Offaly.
  • Victoria's Way
    Victoria's Way
    Victoria's Way, located near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a privately owned meditation garden notable for its black granite sculptures. The 9-hectare property includes a number of small lakes and forested areas...

    , Roundwood.


Lithuania

  • Grūtas Park
    Grutas Park
    Grūtas Park is a sculpture garden of Soviet-era statues and an exposition of other Soviet ideological relics from the times of the Lithuanian SSR...

     (aka Stalin's World), a collection of monumental Soviet-era statues
    Soviet-era statues
    Soviet-era statues are statuary art as figured prominently in the art of the Soviet Union.Soviet-era statues most frequently depicted significant state and party leaders, such as Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin. Communist symbology was of great importance...

     and other ideological relics, about 130 km southeast of Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

  • Europos Parkas
    Europos Parkas
    Europos Parkas is a 50-hectare open-air museum located 17 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. The museum gives an artistic significance to the geographic centre of the European continent and presents Lithuanian and international modern art.-Collection:The museum exhibits more than 90 works from 27...

     near Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

  • Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping
    Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping
    The Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping , established in 1984 near Stripeikiai in northeastern Lithuania, displays the history of beekeeping in the area....

     in northeastern Lithuania
  • Hill of Witches
    Hill of Witches
    The Hill of Witches is an outdoor sculpture gallery near Juodkrantė, Lithuania.It is located on a forested sand dune about 0.5 kilometer west of the Curonian Lagoon, on the Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route. Begun in 1979, it has been expanded several times, and now contains about 80 wooden...

     near the Baltic Sea
    Baltic Sea
    The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...

  • The Klaipėda Sculpture park. The Sculpture park was created on the site of the former old cemetery. In 1975 Klaipėda executive committee decided to establish a Sculpture park on the cemetery site. The gravestones, fences were removed and some of them are now on display in the Blacksmith's Museum. From 1977 to 1991 the symposiums of sculptors in Smiltynė were arranged. The sculptures created during these symposiums were placed in the Sculpture park. Currently this 10-hectare park contains 117 varied works of art by 61 sculptors. In 2004 the monument in honour of Klaipėda patron J. L. Wiener (1795–1862) was restored. J. L. Wiener was a German Jewish trader. He is a historical and prominent personality of Klaipėda region, great philanthropist who his whole life paid a lot of attention and sacrifice to the community of Klaipėda city. On the eastern part of the park stands the monument to volunteers perished in fights for Klaipėda annexation to Lithuania in 1923. It was built in 1925 according to the project of well-known Klaipėda artist and public man Ad. Brakas. For the monument᾿s erection was used the granitic Prussia-Russia borderline column. On the northern part of the park near S. Daukantas street stands the monument to Soviet soldiers who fell in World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

    .

Mexico

  • Calle Obregon Boulevard Park in Colonia Roma
    Colonia Roma
    Colonia Roma is a colonia or neighborhood located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just west of the city’s historic center. The area was a very shallow part of Lake Texcoco, dotted with tiny islands and one small island village of Aztacalco during the pre-Hispanic period...

     in Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     in Calle Obregon in Mexico City


The Netherlands

  • Beeldenpark van het Kröller-Müller Museum is the sculpture park of the Kröller-Müller Museum
    Kröller-Müller Museum
    The Kröller-Müller Museum is an art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands.-Museum:...

     situated in Hoge Veluwe National Park
    Hoge Veluwe National Park
    Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe is a Dutch national park in the province of Gelderland near the cities of Ede, Arnhem and Apeldoorn. It is approximately 55 square kilometers in area, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands. It is situated in the Veluwe, the area of the largest terminal...

     in the Netherlands. It is one of the finest examples of a sculpture park in Europe.


Russia

  • Summer Garden
    Summer Garden
    The Summer Garden occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great.-Original:...

      occupies an island between the Fontanka
    Fontanka
    Fontanka is a left branch of the river Neva, which flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its length is 6,700 meters, its width is up to 70 meters, and its depth is up to 3,5 meters. The Fontanka Embankment is lined with the former private residences of Russian nobility.This...

    , Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    , and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great
    Summer Palace of Peter the Great
    The Summer Palace is a diminutive residence of Peter the Great that was built in 1710-14 in his new capital, St. Petersburg, on the bank of the Fontanka River, in what is now the Summer Garden. The design was by Domenico Trezzini...

    .


Sweden

  • Hällefors Sculpture Park, Hällefors
  • Konst på Hög (Art on a Hill), Kumla
  • Ladonia, illegal sculpture park
    Ladonia (micronation)
    Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed in 1996 as the result of a years-long court battle between artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over two sculptures. The claimed territory is part of a natural reserve in an enclave of southern Sweden...

  • Millesgården
    Millesgården
    Millesgården is an art museum and sculpture garden, located on the island of Lidingö in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located on the grounds of the home of sculptor Carl Milles and his wife, artist Olga Milles, who are both buried there....

     Museum, Stockholm
    Stockholm
    Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

  • Umedalen Sculpture Park, Umeå
  • Uttersberg, Skinnskatteberg
  • Västertorp Sculpture Park, Stockholm
    Stockholm
    Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

  • Åkerby Sculpture Park, Nora

United Kingdom

  • Artparks Sculpture Park
    Artparks Sculpture Park
    The Artparks Sculpture Park sculpture trail is located in Saint Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands, in the grounds of the historic Sausmarez Manor....

    , in Guernsey
    Guernsey
    Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

     and elsewhere in the UK.
  • Barbara Hepworth Museum
    Barbara Hepworth Museum
    The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in St Ives, Cornwall preserves the 20th century sculptor Barbara Hepworth's studio and garden much as they were when she lived and worked there.-History:...

    , in St Ives
    St Ives, Cornwall
    St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...

    , Cornwall
    Cornwall
    Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

    , south-west England
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

    , preserves Barbara Hepworth
    Barbara Hepworth
    Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art in Britain.-Life and work:Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10 January 1903 in Wakefield,...

    's studio and garden much as they were when she lived and worked there.
  • Cass Sculpture Foundation
    Cass Sculpture Foundation
    The Cass Sculpture Foundation is a charity and outdoor sculpture park based in Goodwood in West Sussex, England.- Founding and funding :Established by Wilfred Cass and Jeannette Cass in 1992, the Foundation's key objective is to enhance the general public's enjoyment and appreciation of the...

    , West Sussex
    West Sussex
    West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...

    , England.
  • Chatsworth House
    Chatsworth House
    Chatsworth House is a stately home in North Derbyshire, England, northeast of Bakewell and west of Chesterfield . It is the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, and has been home to his family, the Cavendish family, since Bess of Hardwick settled at Chatsworth in 1549.Standing on the east bank of the...

     in Derbyshire. While not a sculpture park as such, the owners of Chatsworth, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, have collected and commissioned sculpture to be permanently sited on the estate. These include works by Barry Flanagan, Elizabeth Frink, and William Turnbull in the garden, and commissions by artists Tim Harrisson, David Nash, Allen Jones, Nigel Ross and Alison Crowther in the 1000 acre park designed by Capability Brown.Since 2006 Chatsworth has hosted 'Beyond Limits', a modern and contemporary sculpture exhibition in the gardens, in conjunction with Sotheby's auction house. This landmark selling exhibition takes place during the months of September and October, annually.
  • Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail
    Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail
    The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail is a point of interest in the Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucestershire, England.The Sculpture Trail links several different site-specific sculptures commissioned for the forest. It is open from dawn to dusk every day of the year, with no admission charge. ...

     in the Forest of Dean
    Forest of Dean
    The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. The forest is a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.The...

     in the county
    County
    A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

     of Gloucestershire
    Gloucestershire
    Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

    , England. It links several different site-specific sculptures commissioned for the forest.
  • Grizedale Forest
    Grizedale Forest
    Grizedale Forest is a 24.47 km² area of woodland in the Lake District of North West England, located to the east of Coniston Water and to the south of Hawkshead. It comprises a number of hills, small tarns and the settlements of Grizedale and Satterthwaite...

     sculpture trail.
  • Irwell Sculpture Trail
    Irwell Sculpture Trail
    The Irwell Sculpture Trail is the largest public art scheme in England, commissioning regional, national and international artists. The Trail includes 28 art pieces and follows a well established footpath stretching from Salford Quays through Bury into Rossendale and up to the Pennines above...

     is the largest public art
    Public art
    The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that have been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all...

     scheme in the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     commissioning regional, national and international artists. It follows a well established 30 miles (48.3 km) footpath stretching from Salford Quays
    Salford Quays
    Salford Quays is an area of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it became one of the first and largest urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom following the closure of the dockyards in...

     through Bury
    Bury
    Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...

     into Rossendale
    Rossendale
    Rossendale is a local government district with borough status. It is made up of a number of small former mill towns in Lancashire, England centered around the valley of the River Irwell in the industrial North West...

     and up to the Pennines
    Pennines
    The Pennines are a low-rising mountain range, separating the North West of England from Yorkshire and the North East.Often described as the "backbone of England", they form a more-or-less continuous range stretching from the Peak District in Derbyshire, around the northern and eastern edges of...

     above Bacup
    Bacup
    Bacup is a town within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It is located amongst the South Pennines, along Lancashire's eastern boundary with West Yorkshire. The town sits within a rural setting in the Forest of Rossendale, amongst the steep-sided upper-Irwell Valley, through which the...

    .
  • Yorkshire Sculpture Park
    Yorkshire Sculpture Park
    The Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England is an open-air gallery showing work by UK and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth...

    , West Yorkshire
    West Yorkshire
    West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

    , England.

  • Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - the first Sculpture Park in a quarry in the UK Portland,Dorset. Started in 1983 by the Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust. Includes the work 'Still Falling' by Antony Gormley
    Antony Gormley
    Antony Mark David Gormley OBE RA is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in the North of England, commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and Event Horizon, a multi-part site...

    . Tout Quarry is also an international venue for a yearly programme of stone carving
    Stone carving
    Stone carving is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work....

     and sculpture courses that teach skills in stone carving
    Stone carving
    Stone carving is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work....

     direct carving, lettercutting, relief carving
    Relief carving
    Relief carving as a type of woodcarving is as old as antiquity, yet it is still enjoyed by carvers today. Though it is not as popular as other forms of wood carving, it is gaining in popularity because of its versatility as a medium of artistic expression. There is essentially no limit to this form...

     and architectural detail. Tout Quarry is also a creative and educational resource for visitors, schools, colleges and universities who come to learn about stone through the Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust. www.learningstone.org

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Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia
  • National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Washington
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
    The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the...

    , an art museum located in Washington, DC, USA, on the National Mall
    National Mall
    The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The National Mall is a unit of the National Park Service , and is administered by the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit...

     and designed by architect
    Architect
    An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

     Gordon Bunshaft
    Gordon Bunshaft
    Gordon Bunshaft was an architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1988, Gordon Bunshaft nominated himself for the Pritzker Prize and eventually won it.-Career:...

    . It is part of the Smithsonian Institution
    Smithsonian Institution
    The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...

     link
  • It’s Sculpture, Washington
  • Statues of the Liberators
    Statues of the Liberators
    A series of Statues of the Liberators of western-hemisphere countries from colonial rule is found along Virginia Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C...

    , Washington


Florida

Illinois

Indiana
  • Indianapolis Art Center ARTSPARK
    Indianapolis Art Center
    The Indianapolis Art Center is an art center located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The Center, founded in 1934 by the Works Project Administration during the Great Depression as the Indianapolis Art League, is located along the White River...

    , Indianapolis


Iowa

Kansas

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts
  • Arts on the Point, Boston
  • The Forest Hills Trust, Boston
  • The List Visual Arts Center (MIT Campus), Cambridge
  • Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge
  • DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
    DeCordova Museum
    The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is a sculpture park and art museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts focused on modern and contemporary art, and holds a collection focused on work in all media, especially works by artists with connections to New England...

     in Lincoln, Massachusetts
    Lincoln, Massachusetts
    Lincoln is a town in the historic area of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,362 at the 2010 census, including residents of Hanscom Air Force Base that live within town limits...

    , USA link
  • Somerby's Landing Sculpture Park, Newburyport
  • Mass MOCA, North Adams
  • Butler Sculpture Park, Sheffield
  • Dr. Seuss Memorial
    Dr. Seuss Memorial
    The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden in Springfield, Massachusetts. Located at The Quadrangle – an extraordinary cultural grouping that features three world-class museums and two regional history museums – the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden honors the...

     is a sculpture garden located at The Quadrangle
    The Quadrangle
    The Quadrangle is a cluster of five museums in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Chestnut Street in Metro Center. Five museums and the Springfield City Library surround the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden...

     in Springfield, Massachusetts
    Springfield, Massachusetts
    Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...

    , USA, honoring the American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     children's author Dr. Seuss
    Dr. Seuss
    Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....

     link


Michigan
  • Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills
  • Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
    Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
    Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a botanical garden and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan in Kent County. Commonly referred to as Meijer Gardens, it has quickly become one of the most significant sculpture experiences in the Midwest and an emerging...

     a 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) botanical garden
    Botanical garden
    A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...

     and outdoor sculpture
    Sculpture
    Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

     park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan in Kent County
    Kent County, Michigan
    -Air Service:*Commercial air service to Grand Rapids is provided by Gerald R. Ford International Airport . Previously named Kent County International Airport, it holds Grand Rapids' mark in modern history with the United States' first regularly scheduled airline service, beginning July 31, 1926,...

    , USA, commonly referred to as Meijer Gardens link
  • Western Michigan University Sculpture Tour Program, Kalamazoo
  • Lakenenland Sculpture Park, Marquette
  • Northern Michigan University Sculpture Walk, Marquette
  • Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph
  • Michigan Legacy Art Park
    Michigan Legacy Art Park
    The Michigan Legacy Art Park is a outdoor sculpture park located in Thompsonville, Michigan, on the grounds of Crystal Mountain Resort. It is open year-round and includes 40 works of art and of hiking trails....

    , Thompsonville


Minnesota
  • Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
    Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
    The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is an 11 acre park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States.It is located near the Walker Art Center, which operates it in coordination with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board...

     an 11 acre
    Acre
    The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...

     (45,000 m²) park in Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

    , USA, located near the Walker Art Center
    Walker Art Center
    The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn...

     link
  • General Mills Art Collection Sculpture Program, Minneapolis
  • Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer
  • North High Bridge Sculpture Garden & Park
    North High Bridge Park
    North High Bridge Park is a city park located on the east bank bluffs above the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The park is adjacent to the High Bridge and was created when the new High Bridge was finished in 1987...

    , St. Paul
  • Caponi Art Park and Learning Center a 60 acres (242,811.6 m²) wooded sculpture garden and performance space in Eagan


Missouri

Nebraska
  • Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden at UNL, Lincoln
  • Prairie Peace Park, Lincoln
  • Carhenge
    Carhenge
    Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska on the High Plains. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. ...

     near Alliance
    Alliance, Nebraska
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Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey
  • Clifton Municipal Sculpture Park, Clifton
    Clifton, New Jersey
    Clifton is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 84,136. The 2010 population represented an increase of 5,464 residents from its population of 78,672 in the 2000 Census, making it the state's 11th largest...

  • Quietude Garden Gallery, East Brunswick
  • Grounds for Sculpture
    Grounds for Sculpture
    Grounds For Sculpture is a sculpture park and museum located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, on the former site of the New Jersey State Fairgrounds...

     in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
    Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
    Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 88,464...

    , a 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) garden and museum founded by J. Seward Johnson, Jr., grandson of Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....

     founder Robert Wood Johnson
    Robert Wood Johnson
    Robert Wood Johnson was the name shared by members of the family that descended from the President of Johnson & Johnson:*Robert Wood Johnson I *Robert Wood Johnson II *Robert Wood Johnson III...

     link
  • Newark Museum Sculpture Garden, Newark
    Newark, New Jersey
    Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

  • Burlington County College
    Burlington County College
    Burlington County College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located in Burlington County, New Jersey...

     Sculpture Park, Pemberton
  • John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, Princeton
    Princeton, New Jersey
    Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...

  • Ironstone Sculpture Garden, Woodstown
    Woodstown, New Jersey
    Woodstown is a Borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 3,136.Woodstown was established on July 26, 1882, from portions of Pilesgrove Township based on the results of a referendum held that same day...



New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma
  • Philbrook Museum of Art
    Philbrook Museum of Art
    The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma is an art museum and former home of Oklahoma oil pioneer Waite Phillips and his wife Genevieve Phillips. , the museum has a staff of 60 and an operating budget of nearly $6 million....

    , Tulsa


Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

South Carolina
  • Jackson Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Aiken
  • The South Carolina Botanical Garden and Sculpture Garden, Clemson
  • Davidson Sculpture Garden, Davidson
  • Brookgreen Gardens
    Brookgreen Gardens
    Brookgreen Gardens is a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve, located just south of Murrells Inlet, in South Carolina. The property includes several themed gardens with American figurative sculptures placed in them, the Lowcountry Zoo, and trails through several ecosystems in nature reserves on...

    , Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
    South Carolina
    South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

    , USA link


South Dakota
  • Presidents Park Sculpture Garden, Lead
  • Porter Sculpture Park
    Porter Sculpture Park
    Porter Sculpture Park is located just off Interstate 90 in Montrose, South Dakota about 25 miles west of Sioux Falls. It is on the South Dakota Drift Prairie. Many of the sculptures, in the style of industrial art, were made with scrap metal, old farm equipment, or railroad tie plates. The...

    , Montrose


Tennessee

Texas

Utah
  • Gilgal Sculpture Garden
    Gilgal Sculpture Garden
    The Gilgal Sculpture Garden is a small public city park, located at 749 East 500 South in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The park, which is filled with unusual symbolic statuary associated with Mormonism, notably to the Sphinx with Joseph Smith's head, was a labor of love designed and...

     by Thomas Childs, in Salt Lake City
  • Metaphor: The Tree of Utah
    Metaphor: The Tree of Utah
    Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, sometimes called the Tree of Life, is an sculpture that was created by the Swedish artist Karl Momen in the 1980s and dedicated in 1986. It is located in the desolate Great Salt Lake Desert of Utah on the north side of Interstate 80 about 25 miles east of Wendover...

     by Karl Momen, near Wendover
  • Spiral Jetty
    Spiral Jetty
    The Spiral Jetty, considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson, is an earthwork sculpture constructed in 1970.Built entirely of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah, it forms a , ...

     by Robert Smithson, near Brigham (in the Great Salt Lake)


Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

External links


Recommended overview books

  • Jane McCarthy, Laurily K. Epstein: A Guide to the Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America. Kesend Publishing Ltd, September 1996
  • Jimena Blazquez Abascal, Raul Rispa, Valeria Varas: Sculpture Parks in Europe. A Guide to Art and Nature. Birkhäuser, 1st ed., August 2006
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