Pappajohn Sculpture Park

About Pappajohn Sculpture Park

The John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park is a 4.4-acre (1.8 ha) park within Western Gateway Park in Des Moines, Iowa. It opened in 2009 with 24 sculptures, with four more acquired later. The sculpture park is administered by the Des Moines Art Center and contains works by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Jaume Plensa, Ai Weiwei, and Barry Flanagan. It is considered "one of the most significant collections of outdoor sculptures in the United States".

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Pappajohn Sculpture Park; the closest, Wallace House Museum and Vice Presidential Library, is about a mile away.