Take a free art tour in Lincoln Park Chicago

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Take a free art tour in Lincoln Park Chicago.

Lincoln Park contains 35 pieces of art hiding in plain sight throughout the park from Hollywood south to North Avenue.

I wasn’t able to find a map labeled with all the art so I’ve listed the location of each piece.  Take a walk through the park and check it all out.

You can follow the links below for a picture and a description and the history of each piece, courtesy of the Chicago Park District.

Get out and get some exercise and enjoy our free public art collection!

• Abraham Lincoln:The Man, North of W. North Avenue, east of the Chicago History Museum (1601 N Clark Street). Featured in Statue Stories
• Alexander Hamilton Monument, South of W.Diversey Parkway, west of
• N. Cannon Drive and east of N. Stockton Drive.

• Alternatives, South exterior of Margate Park Playground field house
• American Bison, N. Cannon Drive near entrance to Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
• Benjamin Franklin Monument, East of N. Stockton Drive north of W. LaSalle Drive.
• Chess Pavilion, East of N. Lake Shore Drive on axis with E. North Avenue.

• Chevron, North entrance to Diversey Harbor.
• Chicago Fire Relic, East of the Chicago History Museum (1601 N Clark Street).
• Children’s Fountain, North of W. North Avenue and east of N. Clark Street.
• City Hall Relic, (from Chicago Fire), East of N. Lincoln Park West and southwest of the Lincoln Park Cultural Center.

• Couch Tomb, South of N. LaSalle Drive on axis with N. Stockton Drive.
• Cummings Playground Art, West of N. Stockton Drive and north of W. Dickens Avenue (2100N).
• Curve XXII, North of W. Fullerton Avenue (2400N) and east of N. Cannon Drive.
• Dr. José Rizal Monument, West of N. Lake Shore Drive on axis with W. Leland Avenue (4650 N).

• Eli Bates Fountain, East of N. Stockton Drive and south of Lincoln Park Conservatory (2391 N. Stockton Drive).
• Emanuel Swedenborg Monument,East of N. Lake Shore Drive and south of Diversey Harbor (2800N).
• Fountain Girl, South of W. LaSalle Drive and east of Chicago History Museum (1601 N. Clark).
• Garden Figure, Palm House in Lincoln Park Conservatory (2391 N. Stockton Drive).

• General Philip Henry Sheridan Monument, North of W. Belmont Avenue (3200 N) and west of N. Lake Shore Drive.
• Goddess of Youth, Orchid Room in Lincoln Park Conservatory (2391 N. Stockton Drive).
• Vardiman Greene Black Memorial, North of E. North Avenue on axis with N. Astor Street.
• Hans Christian Anderson Monument, East of N. Stockton Drive and south of W. Dickens Avenue (2100N).

• Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Monument, East of N. Stockton Drive on axis with W. Webster Avenue (2200N).
• John Peter Altgeld Monument, South of W. Diversey Parkway (2800N) and east of N. Cannon Drive.
• Kwa-Ma-Rolas, East of N. Lake Shore Drive on axis with W. Addison Street (3600N).
• Margate Park Playground Art, On axis with W. Margate Terrace (4900N) between N. Marine Drive and N. Lake Shore Drive.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Monument, South of W. Diversey Parkway (2800N) and east of N. Cannon Drive.
• Putnam Chain,  Just east of Chicago History Museum (1601 N. Clark).
• Richard Oglesby Monument, West of N. Cannon Drive and north of W. Fullerton Parkway (2400N).
• Robert Cavelier de LaSalle Monument, East of N. Clark Street and north of N. LaSalle Drive.

• Roscoe Playground Art, East of N. Lake Shore Drive, on axis with W. Roscoe Avenue (3400N).
• The Alarm, East side of N. Lake Shore Drive, on axis with W. Wellington Avenue (3000N).
• Ulysses S. Grant Monument, West of N. Cannon Dr. between W. Fullerton Avenue and E. North Avenue east of the Lincoln Park Zoo and South Pond. Note:  While the Grant Memorial is in Lincoln Park the Lincoln Memorial is in Grant Park here.

• William C. Niesen Memorial Fountain, Niesen Field, East of N. Cannon Drive north of South Athletic Field House about 200 feet from the Benjamin Franklin Monument.
• William Shakespeare Monument, West of N. Stockton Avenue on axis with W. Belden Avenue (2200N).

While you’re in Lincoln Park consider taking a spin through the Lincoln Park Conservatory.  More info here.

Also consider taking the Free Art Tour in Grant Park Chicago here.