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Laumeier Sculpture Park: in the heart of the USA

Within the United States, the 42-ha Laumeier Sculpture Park in Saint Louis, Missouri is a leading site for contemporary sculpture in the landscape. Founded in the 1970s, the sculpture park now receives over 300,000 annual visits.

The park’s mission is to expand the context of contemporary sculpture beyond the traditional confines of a museum. The goal is to initiate a lifelong process of cultural awareness in order to enrich lives, and to inspire creative thinking by engaging people in positive experiences of sculpture and nature simultaneously.

Accredited by the American Association of Museums, Laumeier Sculpture Park is today an institution of international significance. The park showcases 75 sculptures by such high-profile artists as Michael Heizer, David Nash, Robert Morris, Sol Lewitt, Vito Acconci, Mary Miss, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dan Graham and Donald Judd.

This cultural space offers an extensive educational programme, a library specialising in sculpture and landscape architecture, and special services for the disabled.

More information and contact

Laumeier Sculpture Park

12580 Rott Road
St. Louis, MO 63127

Tel.: +1 314 821 1209
Fax: +1 314 821 1248

E-mail: info@laumeier.org

• Explanatory pamphlet

• Park map

• Laumeier Sculpture Park website

Source: Based on texts provided by the Laumeier Sculpture Park. Photo credits:

Upper photography: Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Missouri boasts an internationally-recognized collection of monumental contemporary sculpture including Mark di Suvero's Bornibus, 1985-87 (left) and Destino, 2003 (right). Photo by Ray Marklin/Laumeier Sculpture Park.

Down photography: Visitors to Laumeier Sculpture Park explore Robert Lobe's sculpture, The Palm at the End of the Parking Lot, 1995. Photo by Mike Venso/Laumeier Sculpture Park.

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