En Plein Air: This Summer Take Your Museum Visit Outside

History Museum of Lugo, in Spain

At Architizer we love our museums. But in the summer, with the sun and warm weather beckoning us outside, spending time inside a crowded gallery starts to feel like a chore. The solution? Outdoor (or mostly outdoor) museums! We’ve rounded up six sculpture parks, abstract structures, and buildings that blend and highlight their landscape combine the best art and architecture with the splendor of the great outdoors. See them below.

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Photo via Jenny Cestnik via Flickr

The Maryhill Overlook (part of Maryhill Museum of Art)?
Allied Works Architecture?
Goldendale, Washington

Brick Pit Ring?
Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
?Australia?
Learn more about this project on the Architizer database.

History Museum of Lugo?
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
?Lugo, Spain
?Learn more about this project on the Architizer database.

Nasher Sculpture Center?
Renzo Piano/PWP Landscape Architecture?
Dallas, Texas

Percoreso Paesaggistico Culturale
?Archiplan Studio
?Virgilo, Italy?
Learn more about this project on the Architizer database.

Seattle Art Museum: Olympic Sculpture Park
?WEISS / MANFREDI
?Seattle?
Learn more about this project on the Architizer database.

This post is part of the GOOD community's 50 Building Blocks of Citizenship—weekly steps to being an active, engaged global citizen. This week: Go to Your Local Park. Follow along and join the conversation at good.is/citizenship and on Twitter at #goodcitizen.