Summer is a season of abundance, not least for experiencing art beyond galleries and museums. Below, see an international list of sculpture parks and gardens—plus a few less traditional outdoor venues—worth visiting this summer, along with details on current temporary exhibitions.
Austrian Sculpture Park
Graz, Austria
“In Then Out 2024” and “Artists in Residence 2024,” through October 31
*Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, Colorado
Loveland, CO
40th “Sculpture in the Park” Exhibition
*Brookgreen Gardens
Murrells Inlet, SC
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn, NY
“Huma Bhabha: Before The End,” through March 9, 2025
*Carol R. Brown Sculpture Garden at Hartwood Acres Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Cheekwood Estate and Gardens
Nashville, TN
“TROLLS: Save the Humans,” through September 1
*Chesterwood
Stockbridge, MA
“Birth of a Shadow,” the 46th Annual Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition at Chesterwood, through October 21
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Boothbay, ME
Shane Perley-Dutcher, Fiddleheads, and Anna Tsouhlarakis, CMBG (on permanent view)
Cold Hollow Sculpture Park
Enosburg Falls, VT
*Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Grand Rapids, MI
“Paul Villinski: Flight Patterns” and “Jennifer Angus: Flying Jewels & Other Lofty Insects,” through August 18; “David Smith: The Nature of Sculpture,” on view September 23 through March 2, 2025
*Glenn Green Galleries + Sculpture Garden
Santa Fe, NM
“Allan Houser Sculpture and Paintings,” through December 31, and “Khang Pham-New: Granite Sculpture,” through October 31
Governors Island
New York, NY
Sam Van Aken, The Open Orchard
Grounds For Sculpture
Hamilton, NJ
“Slow Motion,” through September 1, 2025
Harlem Sculpture Gardens
New York, NY
Houghton Hall & Gardens
Norfolk, U.K.
“Antony Gormley: Time Horizon,” through October 31
*Josephine Sculpture Park
Frankfort, KY
Kistefos Museum
Jevnaker, Norway
New works by Tatiana Trouvé
LongHouse Reserve
East Hampton, NY
“Full Circle: Toshiko Takaezu and Friends”
Lustwarande
Tilburg, the Netherlands
“Arbos,” July 7–October 6
*Lynden Sculpture Garden
Milwaukee, WI
Madison Square Park
New York, NY
“Rose B. Simpson: Seed,” through September 22
Orto Botanico Corsini and Forte Stella
Porto Ercole, Italy
“Joseph La Piana: Frequency,” through August 8
Pilane Heritage Museum
Pilane, Sweden
“Sculpture in Pilane 2024,” through September 15
Rijksmuseum Gardens
Amsterdam
“Lee Ufan in the Rijksmuseum Gardens,” through October 27
Sculpture Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
“Actual Fractals, Act II,” through 2025
Socrates Sculpture Park
Long Island City, NY
“Suchitra Mattai: We are nomads, we are dreamers,” through August 25
Sylvester Manor
Shelter Island, NY
“Sculpture at Sylvester Manor,” through September 8
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn, NY
Adam Tendler, Exit Strategy, through August 25
*The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home
Lenox, MA
“Sculpture at The Mount,” through October 20
The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at Newfields
Indianapolis, IN
“Home Again”
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
West Bretton, U.K.
“Bharti Kher: Alchemies,” through April 27, 2025
*Learn more about select parks in Sculpture magazine’s July/August 2024 print section dedicated to Sculpture Parks, Gardens, and Trails. Visit sculpture.org for the full directory.
