08/28/2026
D.C. is famous for its sculptures like the one depicting the 16th president at the Lincoln Memorial, but the city is home to many more sculptures in neighborhoods and beyond the National Mall. Here are 20 captured through the years.
1) “Found You” by Beth Nybeck at Eastern Market Children’s Playground Park (Southeast),
2) Walrus by Lenore Thomas Straus at Langston Terrace Dwellings (Northeast),
3) Butterfly at Lansburgh Park (Southwest),
4) “Flying West” by at (Northwest),
5) Wildlife sculpture by Mark Rossi in front of (Northwest),
6) “Loveful Hands” by at Eastern Market Metro Plaza (Southeast),
7) “Journey Anacostia” by at Old Market House Square (Southeast),
8) “Communessity” by behind the Barry Farm Recreation Center (Southeast),
9) Lincoln statue by Ivan Schwartz at (Northwest),
10) “Ella” in front of (Northwest),
11) “Hooray” by at HQ (Northwest),
12) Wooden owl sculpture in a front yard near Capitol Hill’s Garfield Park (Southeast),
13) Hornet sculpture by at (Southeast),
14) “Composition for the Axeman” by Ken Wyten at Union Center Plaza (Northwest),
15) “Family Circle” by Herbert House in the triangle park at Harvard Street NW & 18th Street NW,
16) Sculptures with mosaic faces at Turtle Park Triangle at Emerson Street NW, Arkansas Avenue NW, and 13th Street NW,
17) “Goddess of Democracy” replica by at the Victims of Communism Memorial (Northwest),
18) “Nurture” created by at (Northwest),
19) “Standing Female” by John Cavanaugh at the Cavanaugh Sculpture Garden (Northwest).
20) “A Wild Race Against Time” by at (Northwest) up through mid-November,
