Modern sculpture garden on 11 acres in New Orleans City Park with pedestrian paths & water features.
At a glance
#16 of 107 Tourist attractions in New OrleansLocalGuideWorld score: 4.80
Rating breakdown
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Quick facts
- What is the rating of Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden?
- Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is rated 4.8 out of 5 based on 2,180 reviews.
- How does Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden rank in New Orleans?
- Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is #16 of 107 Tourist attractions in New Orleans by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
- Where is Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden located?
- 1 Collins Diboll Cir, New Orleans, LA 70124 — 4.0 km from the center of New Orleans.
- How can I contact Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden?
- Phone: (504) 658-4100 · Website: noma.org
One of the best places in New Orleans to enjoy great artistic sculptures. On top of this, the entry is free and if you are tired, cafe du monde has an outlet there.
PS: You can easily spend over 2-3 hours here if you love enjoying nature and marveling at amazing sculptures.
Can't recommend this place enough :)
PS: You can easily spend over 2-3 hours here if you love enjoying nature and marveling at amazing sculptures.
Can't recommend this place enough :)
What a wonderful park! Sculpture everywhere in a beautiful garden setting with lakes and ponds throughout. And check out the egrets relaxing amongst the art. Family freindly!
The Sydney and Wanda Besthoff Sculpture Gardens is an almost dizzying collection of sculpture. Walking at a fast pace we barely had time to see it in an afternoon. If you like modern sculpture this is a can’t miss when you are in City Park. A wonderful collection.
World class.
The collection is exquisite and the landscaping is unrivaled.
Seeing as it is free and located in City Park, my recommendation is to go early and enjoy it then catch the museum, or botanical gardens, or have beignets that Cafe du Monde and then return again to the garden to catch it with different light.
The collection is exquisite and the landscaping is unrivaled.
Seeing as it is free and located in City Park, my recommendation is to go early and enjoy it then catch the museum, or botanical gardens, or have beignets that Cafe du Monde and then return again to the garden to catch it with different light.
Loved this! Highly recommend for the beautiful sculptor and a nice walk in nature. There's a pond throughout the garden and lots of benches to sit and even the surrounding area if you enter from the city park is nice walk to get to the garden if you have time! Will definitely come again especially in a day the museum is art is open as it's closed in Monday. Also the entrance to the garden is free / whatever you want donations
Spectacular sculpture garden! Although I didn’t get a chance to check out the art museum, we stopped here for a short stroll not really expecting much. Beautifully maintained area and such a variety of sculptures.
I honestly can't believe this is free. The gardens are amazing! You could easily spend over 2 hours here walking and looking at all of the sculptures. Definitely a must visit if you are in town!
Entry is now included as part of Museum of Art. Thoroughly enjoyed this more than the museum! Beautiful manicured gardens and tastefully laid out and designed. Recommend going early morning or later in afternoon as it was very hot in the recent heat.
Very well maintained beautiful sculpture garden in city park . It’s free to enter. You can spend as long as you want ! Min time required will be about:45mins -1 hour. It’s open air. So, recommend going in when it’s cooler so you can spend more time admiring the sculptures.
We went on the weekend and it wasn’t very busy. There’s a very interesting colorful bridge.
Catch a watermelon cooler at the stall where you enter! :)
We went on the weekend and it wasn’t very busy. There’s a very interesting colorful bridge.
Catch a watermelon cooler at the stall where you enter! :)
Visited this gem in 2021 while exploring New Orleans. It is a part of the New Orleans Museum of Art. At that time, we had to pay $5 per person to enter, but now it's free. The 12-acre sculpture garden is a masterpiece with 90+ magnificent sculptures and landscapes, set amidst hundreds of trees, 200-year-old live oaks, palmettos, and shrubs. The garden also offers an outdoor amphitheater, stage, reflecting lagoon, pedestrian bridges and walkways, and a new gallery.
Highly recommend to visit. This is a unique opportunity for visitors who treasure the arts.
Highly recommend to visit. This is a unique opportunity for visitors who treasure the arts.
Our visit to the sculpture garden was supposed to be a prequel to the museum as we waited for it to open. But we enjoyed it so much we stayed and explored it for a couple more hours. So many interesting and beautiful pieces in a tranquil shaded space. Really enjoyed all the water elements as well. We had a lot of fun trying to predict the names of the pieces as we approached them. We were generally always wrong but it helped us look at each piece more thoughtfully. For the parts of the garden that are less shaded I recommend you bring a hat, water, sunscreen and perhaps even an umbrella. Otherwise you'll be more tempted to cut your visit short because of the sun and heat.
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