Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park — Attraction in University Park

Visting this outside sculpture park was an awesome experience, and the weather was nice. The grounds are vast and are covered with so much diversity of plants, animals like swans, and art sculptures of all sizes; a variable hidden art niche. We were so lucky that we happened to visit when we did, as the sculpture pictured was only going to be displayed for an extremely short time. We recommend setting up a time for a tour for all the details on the different pieces displayed throughout, even though there are signs. Wear your walking shoes, you will need them. We hope to post more photos later, but we just toured by ourselves this time. If you like the Morton Arboretum, you will definitely enjoy this as a stop to visit. Free to go visit, but we think donations to the Park are recommended for personal tours.

Update: The sculpture concept and one of the contributing artist was...

I love walking or biking through the hundred acre sculpture Park and viewing the 33 magnificent installations in this huge space which complements the size of the sculptures. It's located on the campus of governors State University and University Park Illinois. There's a beautiful pond and native grass plantings with loads of butterflies and native...

Wow!!! This place is BEAUTIFUL!! There are so many amazing sculptures. Most of them have plaques telling you about the artwork, which was super neat. The walk was beautiful. The paths in-between the pieces was well taken care of. The entire campus was very beautiful! The design of the building, the trees all over, the pond, it was...