Storm King Art Center is an open-air museum located in New Windsor, New York. Founded in 1960 by Ralph E. Ogden as a museum for Hudson River School paintings, it is now considered the largest collection of contemporary outdoor sculptures in the United States. At 500 acres, the permanent collection contains at least 115 sculptures on display at any given time.

The permanent collection is divided between the museum’s four main areas: the North Woods, Museum Hill, the Meadows, and the South Fields. In addition to the permanent collection, exhibitions include loans from artists, private collectors, galleries and museums.

They run a Museum Hill Walking Tour every day at 1pm, which features a 45–60-minute walking tour of the artworks featured on Museum Hill. They also run Tram Tours, featuring a narrated 30-minute tour of the collection highlights, which takes place 3 times on weekdays and 5 times on weekends. You can also just explore the museum at your own pace, which is what we did. Overall, we spent about 3 hours exploring the museum, but you can definitely spend the entire day here.

Some of my favorite pieces include:

After your visit to Storm King, head down the road to Jones Farm for an afternoon pick-me-up or a yummy lunch. Founded in 1914, Jones Farm has more than 100 years of history and is still operated by the family. Make sure you go early though because their baked goods do sell out!