Minneapolis Sculpture Garden at Walker Art Center
Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Walker Box Office/Information: 612-375-7622
voicemail: 612-375-7600
fax: 612-375-7618

Click here for a look at a feature article on The Minneaplolis Sculpture Garden in
October's Sculpture Magazine.

Open to the public year-round, this 11-acre urban garden features more than 40 sculptures by leading American and international artists, plus the Cowless Conservatory, and Spoonbridge and Cherry, a giant fountain-sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, designed by Siah Armajani, connects the Garden to Loring Park and downtown Minneapolis. A section added in 1992, designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Cambridge Massachussetts, features groves of deciduous trees, a rectangular granite-paved sculpture plaza, a three-hundred-foot-long, vine-covered arbor, and a perennial garden. Two new commisioned works by Dan Graham and Sol Lewitt were permanently installed in July 1996. In conjunction with the 10th anniversary, the Walker commisioned a new work by the collective Atelier van Lieshout. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, an eye catching hybrid of architecture and sculpture, consists of a full scale wood house, designed after traditional pioneer shelters, and an aluminum and fiberglass detachable mobile unit that will travel into community neighborhoods beginning Summer 1999. The Cowles Conservatory, which contains the Regis Gardens, houses permanent and temporary exhibitions of horticulture and works of art. The glass and wood sculpture Standing Glass Fish, by California architect Frank Gehry, is on view in the Conservatory's center house.

Garden hours: 6a.m. to midnight, daily; free admission.
Cowless Conservatory hours: Tues. -Sat., 10a.m.-5p.m.; closed Mon.

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is free.

Driving directions: 612-375-7622. Parking is available in the parade stadium parking lot for $4. Street parking (hourly and metered) is also available.

Garden tours are available Sat. and Sun. at 1p.m. Group tours can be arranged by calling 612-375-7609 at least 3 weeks in advance.

Members of the Walker Art Center receive the Walker monthly calender by mail. For membership info call 612-375-7655
A Minneapolis Sculpture Garden book is available in the Walker Art Center shop; call 612-375-7633.

Summer classes, workshops, free, first Sat. Call 612-375-7610 for info.

Inside the Walker Art Center, directly across the street from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the Gallery 8 Resturantfeatures informal, cafeteria-style dining with a view of the garden and the downtown skyline. Menu changes daily. Wine and Beer available. Indoor and outdoor terrace seating (weather permitting). Open Tues. -Sun., 11:30am-3pm.

The Walker Art Center Shop features artist-designed jewelry, unique gifts and souvenirs, books and periodicals on contemporary art and culture. Call 612-375-7633