National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden

The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is the most recent addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is located in the National Mall between the National Gallery's West Building and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

LocationBetween 7th and 9th Streets along Constitution Avenue NW

Coordinates38.8913°N 77.0230°W / 38.8913; -77.0230

Area6.1 acres (2.5 ha)

OpenedMay 23, 1999

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National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
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Location	Between 7th and 9th Streets along Constitution Avenue NW
Coordinates	38.8913°N 77.0230°W / 38.8913; -77.0230
Area	6.1 acres (2.5 ha)
Opened	May 23, 1999
Owner	National Gallery of Art
Landscape Architect	Laurie Olin
Website	Official website

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Completed and opened to the public on May 23, 1999, the location provides an outdoor setting for exhibiting several pieces from the museum's contemporary sculpture collection.^[1] The collection is centered on a fountain which, from December to March, is converted to an ice-skating rink.^[1] (Such a rink predated the construction of the garden.^[1]) The outdoor Pavilion Café lies adjacent to the garden.^[1]

Laurie Olin and his firm, OLIN, were the landscape architects who redesigned the garden.^[2]