Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum celebrates the life and work of Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). Noguchi was born in 1904, and continued making sculpture until his death in 1988. His career of more than sixty years intersected some of the crucial persons and places of our time.

Noguchi's desire to share his work with a broad public audience led to the opening of the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in 1985. The permanent home of The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum displays a comprehensive collection of artwork by Noguchi in a tranquil setting created by the artist. On exhibition are more than 240 works, including stone, metal, wood and clay sculptures, models for public projects and gardens, dance sets, and Noguchi's Akari light sculptures. Housed in thirteen galleries within a converted factory building, and encircling a garden containing major granite and basalt sculptures, the museum presents one of the most dramatic installations of art in New York City.