Sculpture Garden Ucla
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Sculpture garden ucla. Download a printable map with directions to the sculpture garden. The sculpture garden was founded in 1967. 22 reviews of ucla franklin d murphy sculpture garden the franklin d murphy sculpture garden on ucla s grounds right by charles e young drive east is five acres of over 70 bronze steel iron marble and stone sculptures from many 20th century heavyweights.
Murphy sculpture garden and coral tree walk. It contains more than 70 major works by artists such as auguste rodin henri matisse alexander calder and joan mirĂ³. It spans more than five acres and currently has more than 70 international sculptures by figural and abstract artists such as.
Murphy sculpture garden is located immediately south and west of macgowan hall. Jean arp alexander archipenko henry moore barbara hepworth sorel etrog george rickey jacques lipchitz joan miro henri laurens. The murphy sculpture garden is hidden in plain sight inside the huge ucla campus.
A place like ucla s sculpture garden probably couldn t be built today partly because its lovely open acreage has become rare at the crowded campus and partly because sculpture. Dedicated by ucla s third chancellor in 1967 the franklin d. 1st saw it years ago when my daughter was a freshman and return periodically to share with artsy.
Parking is available in parking structure 3. Visit the ucla transportation website for parking rates and fees. Spaced around an area of jacaranda trees is a marvelous world class sculpture collection.