Permanent Art and Monuments
The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Brooklyn; The Gerald MacDonald monument in Queens; The Heinrich Heine Fountain in the Bronx; Major Clarence T. Barrett Memorial in Staten Island; and the George Washington monument in Union Square
The sculpture collection in New York City's Parks constitutes the greatest outdoor public art museum in the United States. A veritable “Who's who” of American art, it includes the work of nineteenth-century masters such as Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French and John Quincy Adams Ward, as well as contemporary subjects and conceptions by the likes of Louise Nevelson, George Segal, Alice Aycock and Robert Graham. Some 1,200 monuments, 300 of which are sculptures, grace our most prominent civic spaces as well as the many localities which constitute the greater metropolis. Ranging in size from commemorative tablets to triumphal arches, they honor people and events that helped shape our city, nation, and the international community. It is the cultural and aesthetic legacy that we wish to preserve. Read More...
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- Animal figure
- Animal: equestrian
- Animal: other
- Arch
- Armillary sphere
- Artist
- Asian
- Athlete
- Bas relief
- Building/Structure
- Business Leader
- Bust
- Cairn
- Cannon/Gun
- Christian
- Civic Leader
- Civil War
- Clock
- Colonial
- Column
- Composer/Musician
- Drinking fountain
- Dutch
- Eastern European
- Educator
- English
- Equestrian statue
- Exedra
- Explorer
- Figural sculpture
- Fireman
- Flagstaff
- French
- Gate
- German
- Greek
- Holocaust
- Honor roll
- Immigration
- Irish
- Italian
- Jewish
- Juvenile
- Korean War
- Labor
- Lamppost
- Latino
- Literary Character
- Lithuanian
- Map
- Marker
- Memorial grove
- Mosaic
- Mural
- Native American
- Obelisk
- Ornamental fountain
- Other
- Painting
- Philanthropy
- Philosophy
- Physician
- Plaque
- Plaza
- Policeman
- Polish
- Politcal Figure
- Portrait
- Portrait sculpture
- Public Servant
- Religious Leader
- Revolutionary War
- Scandinavian
- Scientist/Inventor
- Scottish
- Sculpture
- Soldier
- Spanish-American War
- Stair
- Stele
- Sundial
- Tree marker
- Trough/planter
- US President
- Vietnam War
- Wall
- War Memorial
- War of 1812
- Women
- World War I
- World War II
- Writer
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*Please note, a given artwork can appear in any number of categories. Category assignment and definition is a work in progress and not a definitive classification. If you do not see a particular piece of work listed within a category, please search by title or park.
Related Information
Guidelines for donating permanent works of art to Parks
New York City Parks Sculptures Honoring the African-American Experience
Monuments Conservation Program
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Citywide Monuments Conservation Program
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