
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
About Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States.
It is located north of the Walker Art Center, which operates it in coordination with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. It reopened on June 10, 2017, after a reconstruction that resulted in the Walker Art Center and Sculpture Garden being unified into one 19-acre campus. It is one of the largest urban sculpture gardens in the United States, with 40 permanent art installations and several other pieces that are moved in and out periodically.
The park is located to the west of Loring Park and the Basilica of Saint Mary.
The land was first purchased by the park board around the start of the 20th century, when it was known as "The Parade" because it had been used for military drills. It became known as the Armory Gardens after park superintendent Theodore Wirth created a formal design that included a U.S. National Guard armory (Kenwood Armory) for Spanish War volunteers.
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- Founded
- 1988
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02Cowles Conservatory interiorRunner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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04MinneapolisMichael Hicks from Saint Paul, MN, USA · Public domain05Minneapolis Sculpture GardenSusanLesch · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Minneapolis Sculpture Garden; the closest, Walker Art Center, is practically next door.



