The Fields Sculpture Park

Even on a cold, overcast Saturday in November the Fields Sculpture Park provided some great family photo opportunities and interesting artwork to explore. Pick up a map from the hip café building, bring good walking shoes and explore! Equal parts peaceful and stimulating, this is great for ages 4 to 84.

My favorite sculpture park in NY. I love how admission and bike rental is free. But that’s not why I prefer this place over Storm King. The sculptures are quirky and creative, there’s less people, and the park is just the right size for a nice day trip. Highly recommend!

My boyfriend surprised me and planned a whole day out of town for me. This was one of the stops. We live about 10 minutes from Storm King Art Center and I have been there a few times. I actually found my experience here more enjoyable! First of all, it’s free! Also way less people. For most of the afternoon we didn’t see a single other person. They told us it takes about an hour to explore the park, but if you are an art enthusiast I recommend at least 2 hours. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience. This place in wonderful!

We visited on a summer weekday afternoon and practically had the garden to ourselves. Great place for kids. The gallery worked for their limited attention spans and the sculpture gardens gave them plenty of space to roam.

The first thing most people think of when they hear «sculpture park» is probably Storm King, but the Fields Sculpture Park at the Omi International Arts Center should also be highly considered.
Granted that its 60 acres pales in comparison to the 500 acres of Storm King, there is still a delightful and intriguing collection of art interspersed throughout a varying milieu of wooded areas, wetlands, and meadows. Although this park lacks the kinds of sculptures at Storm King that awe you with their sheer size and monstrosity, a walk through Omi gives you much more of an experience of discovery, with hidden gems and surprises scattered throughout the different settings; it’s as if art is «popping up» with every twist and turn, which makes exploring the grounds all the more interesting.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s free? Bonus. So if you’re up in the area and have a free afternoon to leisurely explore and stroll through rolling fields and wooded lands, the Fields Sculpture Park is definitely worth a visit.

Great cultural hub in my small hometown of Ghent! My boyfriend works as a counselor for Camp Omi and the children who attend the camp have so much fun. There are always events and actives happening at Omi, along with a great café on site! I recently went to an artist show at the barn and had a wonderful afternoon talking to Lara, an artist from Egypt who is documenting the revolution! Always a great way to spend the day. Great place to take your family. I loved to come here with my grandma when I was about ten but good for any age!

Come here for: Culture + nature + exercise
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How is it possible that The Fields has only two Unilocal reviews? This place is so far off the radar, it deserves an MH flight number. (Too soon??)
Drive 2.5 hours north from NYC, and there’s this amazing outdoor sculpture park that makes the art form come to life. If you’re looking for ropes and guards and black-​clad cognoscenti, you’re going to be disappointed. Instead, The Fields invites you to lace up your Reeboks and wander unguided through more than 200 acres of rolling hills dotted with more than 100 pieces of art. Around every bend is something unexpected: a giant white head next to the forest, a wooden grid spilling down the hillside, a stack of warped metal tubes wedged between two trees.
Instead of presenting sculpture in a sterile white box, The Fields juxtaposes art and nature in a way that’s constantly surprising. Every piece has room to breathe and multiple vantage points for consideration. From a distance, you form a first impression, only to change your mind as you draw closer, then reconsider once again when you find the discreet little plaque listing title, artist and materials. Come back a different season or a different time of day, and nothing looks exactly the same.
I don’t pretend to get it all, much less like it all. (What’s up with the utility van surrounded by solar panels? Do I need to call a tow truck?) Individual pieces can range from beautiful to baffling, but they’re almost never boring, and that’s why I come back again and again.
Notes:
1. Admission is free.
2. Park is open during daylight hours.
3. Dogs are welcome.
4. Bikes are available at the Visitors Center.
5. Cross-​country skiing is allowed in the winter (and trails are groomed).

Also, on Saturday and Sunday, from 11 – 4, a wonderful café serving excellent sandwiches, salads and soups on the best home-​baked sourdough bread. And the setting, well read the review below. A hidden treasure. See link below for the menu.

The sculpture park is amazing! Imagine wandering around on a 100-​acre field, spotting a great variety of contemporary sculptures that strangely fit so well with the surrounding nature. It has really made me believe that sculptures belong in parks like this, and not sitting in a sterile museum room, crammed in with other sculptures. Each sculpture needs its own space, background, and although I have only been here during summer, I can only imagine how completely different and new and lovely they will look during another season.
Also worth noting is that there is no admission fee! And you can borrow their golf cart to roam around the park if you come with someone who can’t walk very far.