Firmly committed to the idea that works of art are most thoroughly enjoyed as part of everyday life, the UCLA Sculpture Garden was dedicated in 1967 as the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, in honor of the retiring UCLA chancellor. As a result of Murphy's vision, the Sculpture Garden transformed an area of north campus into a park-like setting for some of the finest sculpture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Administered by the Hammer Museum, it is still among the most distinguished outdoor sculpture collections in the country, featuring more than 70 modern and contemporary works set across five beautifully-landscaped acres of the UCLA campus, by artists such as Richard Serra, Hans Arp, Deborah Butterfield, Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin, and David Smith.