Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden
A free, intimate memorial garden pairs formal outdoor rooms with fountains, Tom Corbin bronzes, clipped structure, and displays replanted at least four times a year.
Artwork inspired by Edmund Wuerpel
Opened in 2000, the Kauffman Memorial Garden compresses a European-inspired sequence into a city block: brick walks, stone walls, fountains, tightly pruned foliage, perennial beds, and Tom Corbin sculptures. It is both a public garden and the final resting place of Ewing and Muriel Kauffman, so the atmosphere is intentionally contemplative.
Walk one uninterrupted circuit to understand the axes and enclosed rooms, then reverse direction to study how temporary planting works against the permanent structure. Because annual displays change at least four times a year, a focused 30-minute return in another season reveals more than stretching one visit into an afternoon.
- Opened
- 2000
- Design rhythm
- Annual displays change at least four times yearly
- Admission
- Free admission and parking
Quick guide
- First circuit
- Read fountains, walls, and clipped forms as one composition
- Second circuit
- Study seasonal planting and Tom Corbin bronzes
Make two contrasting circuits of the Kauffman Garden
- See the whole plan
- Begin with an uninterrupted walk around the Kauffman Garden perimeter.
- Reverse for the planting
- Compare annual and perennial color with the fixed geometry on the return circuit.
- Place the sculpture
- Notice where Tom Corbin’s bronze figures interrupt, reinforce, or soften formal symmetry.
- Honor the setting
- Follow the Memorial Garden rules because this is the Kauffmans’ burial place.
Good to know
The garden is the final resting place of Ewing and Muriel Kauffman and is intended as a quiet memorial. Organized portrait sessions—including personal groups and professional photography—are prohibited; casual snapshots are allowed. No private functions, smoking, or pets other than assistance dogs.
Notice these
- Formal fountain axis
- Seasonally replanted displays
- Tom Corbin bronze sculptures
- Kauffman memorial landscape