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Sculpture gardens on Long Island

SNAKE TREE is a mixed-media sculptural installation by

Photo credit: Barbara Alper | SNAKE TREE is a mixed-media sculptural installation by Niki de Saint Phalle in the sculpture garden of the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn. (March 10, 2013)

You expect to see artwork in a museum or gallery -- but how about outdoors? Visit sculpture gardens on Long Island and you'll see striking works nestled in a grove of trees or peeking playfully out of a patch of tulips.

"We don't have a brick and mortar space," says Eliz Alahverdian, a curator at Adelphi University in Garden City. "We want people to live with the art, see it in different seasons...

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