The Open Air Sculpture Museum is an exhibition space for works by sculptors from the second half of the twentieth century. They are presented, free of access, in the Tino-Rossi garden, Saint-Bernard port in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Jardin des Plantes, on an area approaching two hectares, with trees and flowers.
This space, from the Pont d'Austerlitz to the Pont Sully, on the banks of the Seine, extends over 767 meters in length without fence. It was transformed into a garden in the late 1970s following the abandonment of an expressway project on the bank. There is also a Batobus station there.
Designed by architect Daniel Badani, it was inaugurated in 1980 at the initiative of the City of Paris and is part of the Museums of the City of Paris. Around thirty contemporary sculptures are thus freely offered to the admiration of the public, night and day since the square never closes. The square is also a place of cultural and musical meetings. Some great names in sculpture such as César Baldaccini, Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Archipenko, Ossip Zadkine, Émile Gilioli or Jean Arp are present in the company of lesser-known artists.