List of sculpture parks

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This is a list of sculpture parks by country.

Africa

Morocco

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Asia

China

More sculpture parks in China—listed on Birkbeck, University of London page [7] You can add them in this section.

India

Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Chandigarh, India RockGardenPeople.jpg
Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Chandigarh, India

Japan

Laos

Philippines

Singapore

"Waves", Sengkang Sculpture Park, Singapore Sengkang Sculpture Park 6, Nov 05.JPG
"Waves", Sengkang Sculpture Park, Singapore

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

Bunleua Sulilat's Sala Keoku, Nong Khai, Thailand Sala Keoku.JPG
Bunleua Sulilat's Sala Keoku, Nong Khai, Thailand

Vietnam

Europe

Austria

The urban Sculpture garden Artpark in Linz, Austria, 2008 Artpark waechter wohnungen.jpg
The urban Sculpture garden Artpark in Linz, Austria, 2008

Belgium

Cyprus

Denmark

France

Storming of the Bastille, by Jean Boucher in Cesson-Sevigne Bastillestatue.jpg
Storming of the Bastille, by Jean Boucher in Cesson-Sévigné

Germany

Klaus Muller-Klug, Quader mit Lichthof Granit, 2,50 m, Skulpturengarten Damnatz Klaus Muller-Klug Quader mit Lichthof.jpg
Klaus Müller-Klug, Quader mit Lichthof Granit , 2,50 m, Skulpturengarten Damnatz
Das Paar, at the Skulpturengarten Damnatz Das Paar.jpg
Das Paar, at the Skulpturengarten Damnatz
Tony Cragg: Dancing Column in Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden Waldfrieden2.jpg
Tony Cragg: Dancing Column in Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden

Hungary

Statue of Marx and Engels from the Szoborpark, a themed sculpture park Budamarxeng.jpg
Statue of Marx and Engels from the Szoborpark, a themed sculpture park

Ireland

Statue of Ganesha at Victoria's Way Statue of Ganesha at Victoria's Way.jpg
Statue of Ganesha at Victoria's Way

Italy

Lithuania

Netherlands

Entrance to the Kroller-Muller Museum Entrance Kroller-Muller Museum.JPG
Entrance to the Kröller-Müller Museum

Norway

The monolith, sculptures by Gustav Vigeland (part of Vigeland installation in Frogner Park) The monolith.JPG
The monolith, sculptures by Gustav Vigeland (part of Vigeland installation in Frogner Park)

Russia

The Summer Garden in St. Petersburg (1716-25) was one of the earliest sculpture parks. Letniy Sad.jpg
The Summer Garden in St. Petersburg (1716–25) was one of the earliest sculpture parks.

Slovenia

Spain

La Arboleda, Zona Minera. Bizkaia - Basque Country La Arboleda.jpg
La Arboleda, Zona Minera. Bizkaia - Basque Country

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Sphere with Inner Form at the Barbara Hepworth Museum in Trewyn Garden, St Ives, Cornwall, with Two Forms (Divided Circle) behind Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, St Ives - geograph.org.uk - 11244.jpg
Sphere with Inner Form at the Barbara Hepworth Museum in Trewyn Garden, St Ives, Cornwall, with Two Forms (Divided Circle) behind

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Alabama

Arizona

  • (Jack) Jamesen Memorial Sculpture Park, Sedona, Arizona [27]
  • Sedona Arts Center Sculpture Garden, Sedona
  • (Alene Dunlop) Smith Garden, Tucson
  • Tempe Arts Center and Sculpture Park, Tempe

Arkansas

California

Colorado

  • Benson Sculpture Garden /Benson Park Sculpture Garden, Loveland
  • Colorado Springs Fine Art Center Sculpture Courtyard and Sculpture Garden, Colorado Springs
  • Leaning Tree Museum and Sculpture Garden, Boulder
  • Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

  • (Martin H.) Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Wichita
  • Johnson Community College Sculpture Collection, Overland Park

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • (Sydney & Walda) Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans
  • Chauvin Sculpture Garden, Chauvin
  • Neill Corporation Sculpture Gardens, Hammond

Maryland

  • Annmarie Garden, Dowell
  • Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, Baltimore
  • Bufano Sculpture Garden, Baltimore
  • Glenstone, Potomac
  • Quiet Waters Park, Outdoor Sculptures, Annapolis
  • Strathmore Sculpture Garden, North Bethesda
  • (Janet and Allen) Wurtzburger and Ryda and Robert H. Levi Sculpture Gardens, Baltimore

Massachusetts

Trojan Piggybank by Aristotle Georgiades and Gail Simpson, 2004, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts Trojan Pig.JPG
Trojan Piggybank by Aristotle Georgiades and Gail Simpson, 2004, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

  • Carhenge near Alliance
  • Prairie Peace Park, Lincoln
  • Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden at UNL, Lincoln

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

  • Evan H. Roberts Sculpture Mall, Portland

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

  • Sculpture Garden of the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan

South Carolina

South Dakota

Egyptian Bull's Head, Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, South Dakota Egyptian Bull's Head.jpg
Egyptian Bull's Head, Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, South Dakota

Tennessee

  • Peter Lundberg's "Anchors" is one of 40+ colossal sculptures featured at Sculpture Fields at Montague Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Anchors - Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, Chattanooga.jpg
    Peter Lundberg's "Anchors" is one of 40+ colossal sculptures featured at Sculpture Fields at Montague Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
    Cheekwood - Carell Sculpture Trail, Nashville
  • Hunter Museum of American Art, Sculpture Garden, Chattanooga
  • (Charles) Krutch Park, Knoxville
  • Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, Chattanooga
  • River Gallery Sculpture Garden, Chattanooga

Texas

Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas Cadillac Ranch.jpg
Cadillac Ranch , Amarillo, Texas
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in Houston, TX LillieHughRoySculptureGarden.jpg
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in Houston, TX

Utah

Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson, 1970, near Brigham City, Utah Spiral-jetty-from-rozel-point.png
Spiral Jetty , Robert Smithson, 1970, near Brigham City, Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Eagle, by Alexander Calder, 1971, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Eagle by A.Calder.jpg
Eagle , by Alexander Calder, 1971, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle

Wisconsin

Oceania

Australia

Torus - Hidden and revealed, Adrian Page, 2003, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria MCSP04.jpg
Torus - Hidden and revealed, Adrian Page, 2003, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria

New Zealand

South America

Brazil

Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil Inhotim yayoi kusama 05.jpg
Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil

Colombia

Head, Botero Plaza, Medellin, Colombia Cabeza-Plaza Botero.jpg
Head, Botero Plaza, Medellín, Colombia

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