Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Known For
Over 90 sculptures set among reflecting lagoons and ancient oaks
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden weaves great-for-photos contemporary sculpture through lagoons and live oaks in a way that feels like wandering through a moody, open-air gallery. It's a local favorite that never seems to get as crowded as it deserves to be.
🕐Best time to visit: Overcast afternoons when the diffused light flatters every sculpture
Our Take
The Besthoff Sculpture Garden weaves major works by Magritte, Bourgeois, and others through a mossy, lagoon-laced landscape inside City Park that feels more like a dream than a museum. Free to enter, wildly photogenic, and quietly one of the most extraordinary places in New Orleans.
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Location
Downtown
1 Collins Diboll Cir, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA
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