Ever wanted to go somewhere where you can be surrounded by fantastic scenery and art all at the same time? Well, it turns out there are plenty of places out there that you can visit to get your wish and I’ve got a bunch of them right here on this list! These sculptures combine great skill with confidence working with the environment and some of these even, over time, become just another part of the landscape. Sit back, relax, and enjoy Amazing Sculpture Parks Around the World!
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6. Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Garden
Here’s yet another Massachusetts sculpture park and this one is full of bronze statues of Seuss characters and sits right in the most famous Quadrangle in Springfield to pay tribute to Theodore Seuss Geisel. If you don’t know who that is, does Dr. Seuss ring any bells? Why would the park you see in this picture be there, you may ask? Well, because Theodore Geisel was born in Springfield back in 1904 and his hometown decided that it would be fitting to pay homage to one its most well-known offspring. The bronze figures in the gardens and park were created by Seuss’s stepdaughter, Lark Grey Dimond-Cates.
5. Artparks Sculpture Park
This park seems to stand out from the rest as there are over 200 different contemporary sculptures (like the one in this picture) there, which in itself doesn’t seem all that impressive until you hear that the sculptures rotate yearly. Different collections of art are placed all over the sculpture trail that is located on the grounds of the historic Sausmarez Manor in the Channel Islands. Seventy to eighty different artists from around the United Kingdom and the world work to get their works featured in the collection every year and have since the park opened in 1998. There are some sculptures that are semi-permanent, but most are out with the change of collection and are for sale for purchase.
4. Hakone Open-Air Museum
This relaxing-looking open-air museum was actually Japan’s first, and it was opened in 1969. It houses five exhibition halls, over 1,000 sculptures, and seventeen incredibly sculpted and manicured acres close to Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. You’ll find over 300 works done by Picasso here, and that’s just Picasso-the museum houses lots of works done by some of the world’s finest contemporary and modern artists. Walking around all day looking at art can be tiring, too, and the Hakone Open-Air Museum understands that. There’s a long trough outside of the cafe that is filled with hot-spring water and has oranges and lemons floating around in it (as you can see in this picture) for those that need to take a load off. There are even umbrellas for shade and mats for visitors to sit on. How thoughtful!
3. Gibbs Farm
This super excellent park is found a little over an hour from Auckland, New Zealand on the incredible Kaipara Harbour. As far as sculpture parks go, it’s one of the most beautiful and grand in the southern hemisphere. The property was purchased in 1991, by an art collector and entrepreneur named Alan Gibbs (pictured here) and was subsequently turned into a giant meeting place for huge sculptures from all sorts of artists. 22 well-known sculptors have been hired over the course of the past 25 years to construct the abstract sculptures on hilltops on the 1,000-acre plot. The farm/park is open one day a month to the public and during that day visitors swarm. Famous sculptors who have done work here include Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, Neil Dawson, and many more. The sculptures here are truly magnificent, and one-of-a-kind and Gibbs Farm is one of the little gems of New Zealand.
2. Laumeier Sculpture Park
Alright, so this park is pretty much giant (as you can see in this picture) as it encompasses 105 acres and is actually considered a sculpture park and open-air museum! It’s located near St. Louis, in Sunset Hills, Missouri and houses a 1.4-mile walking trail, a bunch of educational programs, and more than 60 outdoor sculptures to enjoy. The property also includes an 1816 Tudor stone mansion which was home to Henry and Matilda Laumeier and an indoor gallery as well. The park was initially founded in 1968 when a property grant in Matilda Laumeier’s will gave the deceased’s land to the county and only asked that it not be used for passive purposes like sports fields or something. Instead, they built a park that began thriving after Ernest Trova, a St. Louis sculptor, donated 40 works of art to the park. It’s since become a top-rated tourist attraction and has thrived since the mid-seventies!
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