Your independent guide to Sculpture City, USA
Loveland is home to two working bronze foundries that open their doors to the public, 188 permanent sculptures in one ten-acre garden, and the largest outdoor juried sculpture show in the country. This is the guide the tourism board doesn't have time to write — foundry tour logistics, insider timing for Sculpture in the Park, and a self-guided walk through the art itself.
Benson Sculpture Garden — photo by Ijon, CC BY-SA 4.0
A working art town, not just a museum piece
Most sculpture towns show you finished bronze in a park. Loveland lets you watch it get made.
Real, working foundries
Art Castings of Colorado and Bronze Services of Loveland are active production foundries — not recreations — and both run small, hands-on public tours through the lost-wax casting process.
188 sculptures, one garden
Benson Sculpture Garden holds 188 pieces of permanent, publicly owned bronze across ten free-to-visit acres — open year-round, no ticket required most of the year.
The nation's largest juried show
Sculpture in the Park, held every August in Benson Garden, is the largest outdoor juried sculpture show and sale in the United States — with a Friday patron preview most visitors don't know about.
Three ways to see Sculpture City
Tour a foundry
Both foundries run weekly public tours — $5, reservations required, max 8 people. We break down which one to pick and exactly what to expect.
Go in August
Sculpture in the Park draws crowds from across the country every second weekend of August. Here's how to time it, park it, and skip the lines.
Walk it yourself
No car, no ticket, no schedule needed. A self-guided loop through Benson Garden and downtown's galleries and public art.
Loveland by the numbers
581+
Publicly owned artworks citywide through Loveland's Art in Public Places program, valued at roughly $12.9 million.
188
Permanent sculptures on display in Benson Sculpture Garden alone, worth an estimated $5 million.
42nd
Sculpture in the Park's 2026 show is its 42nd annual year running in Benson Garden every August.
Coming from out of town?
Loveland sits about an hour north of Denver, easy to pair with Fort Collins or a Rocky Mountain National Park trip through Estes Park. See seasonal timing, lodging notes, and nearby food.