Runnymede Sculpture Farm

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Runnymede Sculpture Farm is a private sculpture park in Woodside, California. It displays approximately 140 pieces of contemporary sculpture on 120 acres. [1] The land was purchased in 1930 by Alma Spreckels Rosekrans for her horses and named after her father's prized stallion, Runnymede, sire of Kentucky Derby winner Morvich. [2]

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