Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings is a sculpture by Nancy Schön, which recreates the duck family in Robert McCloskey's children's classic Make Way for Ducklings. The original set of bronze statues was installed in in 1987, and a copy was installed in Moscow at Novodevichy Park in 1991.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: 1987 sculpture by Nancy Schön in Boston
  • Also known as: Make Way for Ducklings Statue

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boston Public Garden and Headquarters House.

Park
The Public Garden, also known as , is a large park in the of , , adjacent to . It is a part of the system of parks and is bounded by and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and to the north, Arlington Street and to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.

Museum
William Hickling Prescott House, also known as the , is an historic house museum located at 55 Beacon Street on in Boston, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay-Beacon Hill and Beacon Hill.

Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Suburb
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of , , United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

Make Way for Ducklings

Latitude
42.35565° or 42° 21′ 20″ north
Longitude
-71.06977° or 71° 4′ 11″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87JC9W4J+73
Geo­Names ID
4942927
Wiki­data ID
Q49520995
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Make Way for Ducklings” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Make Way for Ducklings Statue
  • Chinese: 讓路給小鴨子
  • Persian: راه را برای جوجه اردک‌ها باز کنید (مجسمه)
  • Persian: راه را برای جوجه‌اردک‌ها باز کنید
  • Portuguese: Abra caminho para os Patinhos
  • Russian: Дорогу утятам (Бостон)
  • Russian: Дорогу утятам

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Localities in the Area

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