Sculpture gardens, trails and parks Sculpture gardens, trails and parks The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens is a non-profit museum on 3 acre (12,000 m²) grounds, founded in 1961 and dedicated to the life and works of Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek. It is located at 633 Osceola Avenue, Winter Park, Florida, USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens"
Brookgreen Gardens is a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brookgreen Gardens"
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an architecture museum and research centre located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian Centre for Architecture"
The Dr. Seuss National Memorial is a sculpture garden located at The Quadrangle in Springfield, Massachusetts, honoring the American children's author Dr. Seuss. It was designed by Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, who was the author's stepdaughter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dr. Seuss Memorial"
The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail is a point of interest in the Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It 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. The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust continues to raise funds to commission additional works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail"
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 125-acre botanical garden and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Commonly referred to as Meijer Gardens, it has quickly become the most significant sculpture experience in the Midwest and an emerging cultural destination on the national scene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park"
Grutas Park (nicknamed "Stalin World") is a sculpture garden of monumental Soviet-era statues and exposition of other ideological relicts near Druskininkai, about 130 km southeast Vilnius, Lithuania. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grutas Park"
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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum located in Washington, DC on the National Mall and designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden"
The Irwell Sculpture Trail is the largest public art scheme in the United Kingdom commissioning regional, national and international artists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Irwell Sculpture Trail"
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is located directly at the shore of the Øresund in Humlebæk about 35 kilometers north of Copenhagen in Denmark. There is a wide range of modern art paintings, sculptures, videos, and installations in the collection, including works by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Anselm Kiefer, and Pablo Picasso. Perched above the sea, there is a sculpture garden between the museum´s two wings with works by artists including Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Jean Arp. ...more on Wikipedia about "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art"
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is a 11 acre (45,000 m²) park in Minneapolis, Minnesota near the Walker Art Center, which operates it in coordination with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. They claim that it is the largest urban sculpture garden in the United States, with 40 permanent art installations and several other temporary pieces that are moved in and out periodically. The park is also in close proximity to Loring Park and the Basilica of Saint Mary. It was once connected to Loring Park, but the construction of Interstate 94 in the 1960s split the area into two parts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minneapolis Sculpture Garden"
The Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum located at 2001 Flora Street in the Arts District of Downtown Dallas, Texas. The museum was opened in October 2003, funded by Raymond Nasher, and designed by architect Renzo Piano. It houses Nasher's own private collections as well as travelling exhibits. The museum includes offices, two levels of galleries, a restaurant, an amphitheater, classrooms, and an expansive outdoor garden. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nasher Sculpture Center"
The Norton Simon Museum is an art museum located in Pasadena, California. It was previously known by several other names, such as the Pasadena Museum of Art. The collections include European paintings, sculpture, tapestry and some remarkable sculpture from South Asia. Outside gardens also house sculptures as well as a small lake. The museum is currently named in honor of Norton Simon, the late head of Norton Simon Inc. It is located along the route of the Rose Parade, officially known as the Tournament of Roses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norton Simon Museum"
The Odette Sculpture Park is an open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that shows 28 large-scale contemporary sculptures by world-renowned artists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Odette Sculpture Park" There's a bit of www.shortopedia.com in all of us. shortopedia
A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently-sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sculpture garden"
A sculpture trail is, most often, a permanent series of large, outdoor sculptures located in a woodland or parkland settings, with public walkways giving access to the sculptures. It is larger than a sculpture garden, and the sculptures may be sited out-of-sight of one another. There is often wheelchair access, and also a sculptor-in-residence creating new, temporary works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sculpture trail"
Sengkang Sculpture Park is located at the Compassvale North Gate neighbourhood in Sengkang. The park evolved from Sengkang's "fishing village / marine" theme and design brief which called for the introduction of "Arts in the Park". The park of 24,000 square metres is divided into two parts (one bigger and the other smaller parts). The two parts straddled over Compassvale Street. Bounded overhead by LRT viaducts and underground, by MRT tunnels; adhering to the LTA's Railway Protection requirements during both design and construction stages were of outmost challenge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sengkang Sculpture Park"
Socrates Sculpture Park is located in the neighborhood Long Island City, Queens ( New York City, USA) at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Socrates Sculpture Park"
Szoborpark or Statue Park is a park in the outskirts of Budapest with a gathering of monumental Soviet-era statues. These include statues of Lenin, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, as well as local Hungarian Communist leaders such as Béla Kun. ...more on Wikipedia about "Statue Park (Budapest)"
The Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York is an open air museum which has extended the concept of a " sculpture garden" to become a "sculpture landscape." Founded in 1960 as a museum for Hudson Valley painters it soon expanded into a major sculpture venue with the acquisition of works from the estate of David Smith ** . A permanent collection of monumental works has been sited in grand outdoor "rooms". There is a core collection of pieces by modern masters such as ...more on Wikipedia about "Storm King Art Center"
Tørskind Gravel Pit is a former gravel pit converted to a sculpture park near Egtved, Vejle, Denmark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tørskind Gravel Pit"
Vigeland Sculpture Park in the centre of the large Frognerparken, which belongs to the Frogner Manor, is probably the most famous park in Norway. It is located in the district of Oslo called Frogner, west of the city centre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vigeland Sculpture Park"
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an open-air art organisation, showing work by UK and international artists, including notably Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yorkshire Sculpture Park"
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