Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden
In 1994, Jim Mason, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University, arranged for two groups of men from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea to carve the New Guinea Sculpture Garden at Stanford University.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Garden
- Description: garden at Stanford University
- Also known as: “Guinean Sculpture Garden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoover Institution and Stanford Memorial Church.
Hoover Institution
College
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hoover Institution is an American public policy think tank which promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and limited government. While the institution is formally a unit of Stanford University, it maintains an independent board of overseers and relies on its own income and donations.
Stanford Memorial Church
Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Stanford Memorial Church is located on the Main Quad at the center of the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. It was built during the American Renaissance by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband Leland.
Roble Hall
Building
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Roble Hall is a dormitory at Stanford University. It was built in 1917 to house women students. It is the oldest dormitory at Stanford that is still in use as a dormitory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanford and College Terrace.
Stanford
Hamlet
Photo: Baltakatei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stanford is a census-designated place in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University, after which it was named.
College Terrace
Neighborhood
College Terrace is a neighborhood in the city of Palo Alto, California, adjacent to Stanford University.
Palo Alto
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palo Alto is a bustling suburb in Santa Clara County south of the city of San Francisco. It is adjacent to Stanford University and home to hundreds of Silicon Valley technology companies, ranging from VMware and Hewlett-Packard to tiny startups operating in garages.
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden
- Categories: sculpture garden, park, tourism, recreation area, and art gallery
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.42479° or 37° 25′ 29″ northLongitude
-122.17369° or 122° 10′ 25″ westElevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
849VCRFG+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 26249820OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=galleryGeoNames ID
5354681Wikidata ID
Q7133166
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In Other Languages
“Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Guinean Sculpture Garden”
Localities in the Area
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