Art Park

MAM partnered with the City of Missoula and Adventure Cycling Association to create an outdoor sculpture park. The Missoula Art Park opened in 2017 and extends MAM’s gallery and exhibition space into the realm of the outdoors and seasonally features large-scale sculptures by local and world-renowned regional artists. This extraordinary pocket park promotes creativity in a public space, provides artists with a public exhibition space, and attracts the local community and visitors.

The Missoula Art Park is creative place-making at its best, where partners from public, private, nonprofit, and community sectors strategically establish and shape the physical and social character of a community around arts and cultural activities. It connects nature and art to people where they live, work, and recreate. It brings diverse people together to energize and rejuvenate the streetscape.

While the Missoula Art Park is an external expression of MAM’s commitment to contemporary art, it also embraces the values of Missoula residents. It is a spot where culture meets nature, a civic gathering plaza, and a place to show off to guests. Rooted in a collaborative effort, the Missoula Art Park enhances our downtown community and contributes to our sense of place. The project incorporates newly planted trees using best practices in urban landscapes and celebrates biking and walking in the park and beyond.