Minnesota

• Franconia Sculpture Park
• General Mills Art Collection
• North High Bridge Sculpture Garden & Park
• Walker Art Museum: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
• Western Sculpture Park

Franconia Sculpture Park
www.franconia.org/
29815 Unity Ave
Shafer, MN
Tel: (+ 1) 651 465 3701
E: info@franconia.org

This 16 acre site supports work by emerging and recognized artists and includes a programme of artists’ residencies, public art administration internsips, and art workshops.

Open to the public during daylight hours.

General Mills Art Collection
1 General Mills Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55426
Tel: (+ 1) 612 540 7269

This is a private collection and not open to the public except by invitation or prior arrangement. The collection extends over their 85 acre campus and includes sculptures by Richard Serra and Jonathan Borofosky.

North High Bridge Sculpture Garden & Park
www.fortroadfederation.org/highbridge/
St. Paul, MN

This garden and park was a creative community project that includes plantings and sculptures and hosts community events and festivals.

Walker Art Museum: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
http://garden.walkerart.org/index.wc
Vineland Place
Minneapolis, MN
Tel: (+ 1) 612 375 7656
E: info@walkerart.org

The city owns the 7 acre sculpture garden maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation while funds from patrons of the Walker are used to install and maintain the sculptures. Over 1 million people a year visit this most impressive sculpture garden.

The landmark sculpture is ‘Spoonbridge and Cherry’ by Claes Oldenberg and Coosje van Bruggen consisting of a gray spoon rising out of pond with a cherry balanced on top. Other notable works include Siah Armajani's bridge which spans a 16 lane highway, and Frank Gehry's Standing Glass Fish.

Open to the public from 6am till midnight, daily.

Western Sculpture Park
www.publicartstpaul.org/western.html
Western Park,
Marion Avenue, between Interstate 94 & University Avenue
Saint Paul, MN

Western Sculpture Park displays both works loaned from the artists and works created on site. The sculpture park is a production of Public Art Saint Paul with support from private funders. Artists include Mark Di Suvero, Paul Benson and Roger Cummings

The sculptures can be seen from the entrance located on Marion Avenue, just west of the Minnesota State Capitol.

Western Sculpture Park is open during daylight hours all year-round.

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