Sculpture Park

The park, which covers over 40,000 square meters in the middle of the city, is a place where you can experience contemporary sculpture up close. The sculpture park is located in the north of the old town, not far from the Zoobrücke bridge on the banks of the Rhine. This unique open-air museum, founded in 1997 on the private initiative of the collector couple Stoffel, presents large-scale contemporary sculptures by artists ranging from Anish Kapoor to Heimo Zobernig in the form of temporary exhibitions lasting several years.

About the park

The approximately 40,000 square meter park is an oasis of peace and contemplation amid the surrounding urban infrastructure, a place where visitors can experience contemporary sculpture firsthand. It is located in the triangle between Zoobrücke, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer, and Riehler Straße. Works by artists ranging from Anish Kapoor to Heimo Zobernig are on display.

The park was created in 1997 through the private initiative of the collector couple Dr. Michael and Dr. Eleonore Stoffel and has gained great recognition nationally and internationally in the art scene and among the general public. Temporary exhibitions present a wide range of modern contemporary outdoor sculptures, whose reputation has been cemented by the KölnSkulptur exhibition series and accompanying catalogs.

Today, the non-profit Skulpturenpark Köln foundation, established after the death of the Stoffel couple, has set itself the task of securing the future of the Cologne Sculpture Park as an institution and preserving it as a place of artistic dialogue and reflection in this unique symbiosis of nature and art.