Save Outdoor Sculpture! (ICPSR 36750)

Principal Investigator(s):
Smithsonian American Art Museum; Heritage Preservation

This is an external resource to which ICPSR links as a courtesy. These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via Save Outdoor Sculpture!) directly for details on obtaining these resources.

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Alternate Title

SOS!

Summary

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) is a program committed to the preservation and celebration of America's outdoor sculptures. SOS! works to generate appreciation, enthusiasm, and a sense of ownership for America's largest collection of art and to promote outdoor sculpture as an education resource.

Nationwide, nearly 7,000 volunteers collected information about the history and condition of their communities' public sculpture. Unfortunately, they discovered that much of America's outdoor sculpture is at risk. More than half of the 32,000 public sculptures documented by SOS! volunteers needed conservation or maintenance.

SOS! is taking steps to help communities save their treasures. SOS! works with partners of all kinds--community groups, students, teachers, state and local agencies, civic organizations, preservation agencies, and service clubs--to focus attention on the preservation of outdoor sculpture and to use these treasures as an educational resource.

To explore the sculptures and their details, data users can search the Save Outdoor Sculpture! database. Start by clicking on "Outdoor sculpture" in the "Art & Design" category.

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Data Collection Notes

  1. SOS! is supported by major contributions from Target Stores, National Endowment for the Arts, Pew Charitable Trusts, Getty Grant Program, and Henry Luce Foundation, among others.

  2. Data users are encouraged to check out the Save Outdoor Sculpture! database. Start by clicking on "Outdoor sculpture" in the "Art & Design" category.
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