Sunday, March 14, 2010

Art and Nature





One of the latest trends today for many large museums is to include an outdoor space to provide gardening as a visual art feature. The purpose of these parks is to provide the individual with a deep connection with their surroundings.

Several museums are choosing to add to art gardens as a very important part of their museum. Sculpture gardens are showing up all over the country. A few museums have purchased historical property and have developed the property surrounding the structure as a garden or park.

Including a garden or the outdoors as part of the museum is not a new concept. One of the older established nature parks is located at the Winterthur country estate near Wilmington, Delaware. The popular informal gardens surround the house and are located on 963 acres of meadows and woodlands.

There will soon be a new arts and garden park. The Indianapolis Museum of Art will celebrate the opening a 100-acre art and nature Park this spring. The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park will contain woodlands, wetlands and will be one of the largest art parks in the United States.

I like this new trend. I love the outdoors and I love art.


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