This Wisconsin Sculpture Park Is Unlike Anything Else In The State

When you think you’ve seen everything Wisconsin has to offer, consider checking out one of the Badger State’s most unique sites – Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden. Quirky to say the least, the grounds are adorned with dozens of sculptures that depict everything from dinosaurs to people. Even more impressive is that the man behind the creations had no formal training. Take a look:

In the tiny village of Cochrane, you’ll find about 500 residents and…the Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden.

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Like some sort of fantasy world, it’s filled with around forty sculptures in all shapes, sizes, and colors.

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Herman Rusch is the creative brain behind the folk art-inspired park. The site is impressive all on its own, but even more so when you learn that Rusch was a self-taught artist.

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Rusch built his first sculpture in 1958, and completed his last sculpture in 1974, when he was 89 years old.

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Quite the menagerie, the sculptures consist of everything from sculpted animals and lifelike people…

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…to decorated fences and wonderfully weird structures.

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But Rusch didn’t just construct the sculptures.

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He decorated them, too. In addition to painting them with vibrant colors, he adorned them with found objects, glass, and stone.

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Not all of the garden’s sculptures are works of Rusch, though. In the late 1950s, Rusch purchased a few sculptures that were created in the 1930s by Halvor Landsverk, a Minnesota artist.

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The end result is a sculpture park that’s nothing short of magical.

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Free to visit, Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden is open year-round, dawn – dusk.

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For more information on Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden, call (608) 687-8250. You can also visit the Kohler Foundation website or Facebook page.

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So, did you know about this charming sculpture park? Ever visited? If so, what’d you think? Tell us in the comments section.

This isn’t the state’s only sculpture park. Read about another here.

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Address: S2727 Prairie Moon Rd, Cochrane, WI 54622, USA