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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
American sculpture garden
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States.[1] It is located near the Walker Art Center, which operates it in coordination with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
It reopened June 10, 2017, after a reconstruction that resulted with the Walker and Sculpture Garden being unified as one 19-acre campus.[2] It is one of the largest urbansculpture gardens in the country, with 40 permanent art installations and several other temporary pieces that are moved in and out periodically.[3][4]
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