Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1995, Meijer Gardens quickly established itself in the Midwest as a major cultural attraction jointly focused on horticulture and sculpture.
Location within Michigan | |
| Established | 1995 |
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| Location | 1000 East Beltline Ave NE Grand Rapids, Michigan United States |
| Coordinates | 42.981°N 85.591°W |
| Type | Art Museum Botanical Garden |
| Key holdings | Iron Tree by Ai Weiwei Galileo's Wedge & archives of Beverly Pepper |
| Collections | Sculpture |
| Collection size | 300 |
| Visitors | 750,000 |
| CEO | Charles Burke |
| Curator | Suzanne Ramljak |
| Architect | Cox, Medendorp & Olson Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects |
| Nearest parking | On site (no charge) |
| Website | MeijerGardens.org |
Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park includes a tropical conservatory, an 8-acre Japanese garden, major works of modern and contemporary sculpture on the grounds and indoors, along with a series of outdoor gardens and nature trails.
It is a well attended cultural site in Michigan, having attracted 750,000 visitors annually between 2015 - 2017. Meijer Gardens has continued to grow its permanent collection of sculpture from major figures in Modern and Contemporary art while building additional structures for indoor and outdoor gardens. In 2018, Meijer Gardens was included as one of "Eleven of the World's Greatest Sculpture Parks" by Artsy. In 2023, USA Today voted the park the #1 Sculpture Park in the United States as part of their 10Best Readers Choice Awards.