Located northeast of Royce Quad at the sprawling UCLA campus is this verdant sculpture garden, considered one of the most comprehensive in the country. Muse over 70-plus works by American and European greats such as Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin, Hans Arp, Alexander Calder and Jacques Lipchitz, all set amid jacaranda, redwood and coral trees. We're partial to the giant, torqued ellipse by Richard Serra, dominating the plaza of the adjoining Broad Art Center.


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1. Broad Art Center

0.09 MILES

Designed by Richard Meier, the Broad Art Center houses the UCLA visual-arts programs and an MFA student gallery.

2. Fowler Museum at UCLA

0.19 MILES

Near the Film and Television Archive in UCLA, this museum presents oft-intriguing ethno-exhibits. Previous multimedia shows have explored everything from…

3. Powell Library

0.21 MILES

The Powell Library offers access to the UCLA Film and TV Archive, the country’s second-largest after the Library of Congress, with more than 350,000…

4. UCLA Film & TV Archive

0.21 MILES

The Powell Library offers access to the UCLA Film and TV Archive, the country’s second-largest after the Library of Congress, with more than 350,000…

5. University of California, Los Angeles

0.44 MILES

Founded in 1919, the alma mater of Jim Morrison, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Jackie Robinson ranks among the nation’s top universities. The campus is vast:…

6. Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden

0.68 MILES

In the southeastern corner of the UCLA campus, the seven-acre Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden harbors more than 3000 native and exotic plants and…

7. Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation

0.94 MILES

The late entrepreneur and philanthropist Frederick R Weisman had an insatiable passion for art, a fact confirmed when touring his former Holmby Hills home…

8. Hammer Museum

1.05 MILES

Originally a vanity project of the late oil tycoon Armand Hammer, this UCLA-affiliated museum has become a widely respected art space. The museum really…

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