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 deckat the edge of a lawn with a forest in the background.

Dining

We offer indoor dining at the Café and indoor/outdoor dining at the Patio, weather permitting.

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

Our Café and Patio feature 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.

Weekly:

From May through October, each Thursday at 11 am, Chris Ryan, Split Rocker Technician, and Ariana Kaye, Curatorial Assistant, will lead a talk on the care and maintenance of this massive, blooming sculpture.

From June 14 to September 27, each Friday at 11 am, a Guided Sketching Session will be led by one of Glenstone’s Guides. Participants will join in a meditative activity, and then learn how to create a blind contour drawing. These sessions are open to all visitors, ages 12 and up – no drawing or sketching experience needed.

From May 4 through September 28, each Saturday at 11 am, one-hour Guide-led Architectural Walks will explore the Charles Gwathmey-designed Gallery and Patio buildings, along with an overview of the history and timeline of the Glenstone campus and collection.

From June 16 to September 29, each Sunday at 11 am, visitors may join one-hour Outdoor Sculpture Walks through the grounds of Glenstone, offering insights into the works on view and the artists who created them.

Monthly:

From May 9 to September 12, on the second Thursday of each month at 2 pm, visitors will be invited to join Curatorial Talks about works in the outdoor sculpture collection and their creators, including Alex Da Corte, Richard Serra, and Tony Smith, among others.

Seasonal:

From May 3 – September 28, Glenstone will stay open until 8 pm each Friday and Saturday for Summer Evenings at Glenstone. In addition to ticketed entry to Iconoclasts: Selections from Glenstone’s Collection at the Gallery, which presents work by more than 50 artists who have made some of the most radical contributions to art in the 20th century, there will be guided Outdoor Walks; snacks, wine, and local beer available for purchase at the Café and Patio; and live music performances at the Patio the second Saturday of each month.

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 4:00 pm, weather permitting.

Andy Goldsworthy’s Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes), 2007 is open daily from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, 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.

FOREST (for a thousand years…), 2012, is activated seasonally from May through October. We welcome visitors to experience the immersive soundscape playing on loop daily from 12:00pm to 1:00pm and 4:00pm to 5:00pm, weather permitting. This year, the work can be heard from May 2, 2024 through October 27, 2024.

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 March 21, 2024, the Pavilions building will be temporarily closed to the public for a period of renovations. It is expected to reopen in early 2025. 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.

Gallery

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