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When you visit Glenstone, we invite you to engage directly with the art, architecture, and landscape.

Maps and minimal signage help direct you around the property, but there is no descriptive text. You are free to interpret Glenstone in your own way.

Outdoor sculptures are installed in a variety of terrain so comfortable walking shoes are recommended.

Chairs and tables sit on a wooden deck at the edge of a lawn with a forest in the background.

Dining

We offer indoor dining at the Café. The Patio is closed for the season and will reopen the in spring of 2025.

All dining services are offered on a first-come, first-served basis from 10:30 am. to 4:00 pm.

Our Café features seasonal menu items made with locally sourced ingredients. Each menu includes vegan and gluten-free options. Click here to see a sample menu.

Visitors look into the meadows on a guided nature walk.

Guided Talks & Walks

Daily:

A Guide and member of our Grounds maintenance team lead a guided Nature Walk through the landscape to discuss the grounds, flora and fauna, and sustainability at Glenstone. This guided walk meets at 1:00 pm daily outside the Gallery building. The walk is about one hour and includes about a half mile of walking in sunshine and light rain – in the event of more inclement weather or lightning the walk is cancelled. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.

Outdoor Sculptures

Outdoor sculptures are installed in a variety of terrain so comfortable walking shoes are recommended.

Please note the following about some of our outdoor sculptures:

Jeff Koons’ Split-Rocker, 2000 is in bloom annually from May to October.

Richard Serra’s Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, 2017 is open daily from 11:00 am to 4:30 pm, weather permitting.

Andy Goldsworthy’s Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes), 2007 is open daily from 10:30 to 11:30am and 2:30 to 3:30pm, weather permitting.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres_‘_ “Untitled”, 1992–1995 is covered from fall until spring, and covers are removed once the possibility of freezing weather has passed.

Gray concrete buildings surround a central water-court with a platform and a bench. The water court is full of plant life.

Pavilions

Opened in October 2018, the Pavilions features changing exhibitions and rooms dedicated to single artists, as well as an exterior Water Court. The building was designed by Thomas Phifer.

Please note: Beginning October 17, 2024, the Pavilions will begin a phased reopening while renovations continue. See our operating updates page for more information.

A tall, narrow, and silver metal sculpture stands at the edge of a pond. A gray, horizontal modernist building sits across the pond.

Opened in 2006, the Gallery is the original museum building and hosts changing exhibitions. The building was designed by Charles Gwathmey.