View the Digital Exhibit!
- UCLA Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden: Visit, Engage, and LearnA 2021 digital exhibit highlighting different aspects of and resources about the garden.
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Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
Dynamic Rhythms Orange, 1976 (Phase III)
North Campus Court Detail View
Barbara Hepworth, Oval Form (Trezion), 1962-63, Bronze
Franklin D. Murphy, 1960
About This Guide
This research guide provides an ongoing selection of information and research resources about the UCLA Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. It was originally created in Spring 2021 by Arts Library Student Research Assistants Jessica Craig and Stefanie Williams.
About the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
The Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden spans more than five acres of UCLA’s campus with over 70 sculptures.
- Campus PlantsThis database allows you to explore the floral diversity that has evolved on the UCLA campus. You can also explore the plants of campus in a map view.
- Campus visual arts explorations for commencement revelers at UCLAFrom UCLA School of Arts and Architecture (2024), includes information about the Sculpture Garden and other art in the campus area.
- Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture GardenMap and selected images hosted on the Hammer Museum's website
- L.A. Times on the Murphy Sculpture Garden during COVID-19"Commentary: Museums are closed, but you’ll find respite in UCLA’s remarkable sculpture garden"
- Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden (list of sculptures)List from Wikipedia
- A Walking Guide to the Gardens of UCLADownloadable guide from the UCLA Luskin Conference Center to five different campus gardens.