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title: "Sculpture garden"
description: "A landscaped outdoor space designed for the display of sculpture, where the grounds and the works are curated together as a single experience."
glossary: "https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary"
source: "https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/sculpture-garden"
---

# Sculpture garden

> A landscaped outdoor space designed for the display of sculpture, where the grounds and the works are curated together as a single experience.

Glossary: https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary  
Source: https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/sculpture-garden

The useful contrast is with the art trail: a garden is bounded and curated
(often by a museum or foundation, with works sited in deliberate dialogue),
while a trail is distributed through everyday space, woven into streets
people are already using. Gardens control the experience; trails meet people
where they are. Sculpture parks at landscape scale blur the line, and plenty
of cities benefit from having one of each doing different jobs.

Related terms: [Sculpture](https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/sculpture), [Art trail](https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/art-trail), [Public realm](https://www.civiccollection.com/glossary/public-realm)