Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park is located on the east side of McCormick Boulevard, between Dempster Street and Touhy Avenue in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, adjacent to the north channel of the Chicago River.

• The Sculpture Park is fully accessible to persons with disabilities.

• It is open all year.

• Admission is free.

• Group touring, bicycling, jogging, picnic areas.

Parking is available in three locations:

• In the center of the Dempster to Main Street section

• In the center the Howard Street to Touhy Avenue section

• At the boat launch site just east of the river off Oakton Street
  
  Directions
  The Sculpture Park is located 40 minutes from downtown Chicago.

By car:
Take the Kennedy Expressway (I-94 West) North into the Edens Expressway. Exit at Dempster Street East, continue to McCormick Boulevard.

By public transportation:
The Sculpture Park is accessible by public transportation--CTA, PACE, METRA, train.

Travel information can be obtained by calling: 312-836-7000.

The land along McCormick Blvd. and the north channel of the Chicago River that runs though the Village of Skokie is owned by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

This land had been sorely neglected for a number of years and was by the mid - 1980's a community eyesore.  The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District developed guidelines and wanted suggestions for its improvement.  The Village of Skokie came forward with plans to turn the area into a recreational park with biking and jogging paths, seating areas etc.  At the same time, a group of private citizens proposed using the park to display large scale contemporary sculptures.

What evolved by 1988, was the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, a collaboration between these two entities.  The Village cleaned and landscaped the area and created parking lots, pathways, benches and other amenities.  The citizens incorporated as a private not-for-profit organization with a mission to select, install and maintain a world class sculpture exhibition and to provide educational programs to enhance the appreciation of these exhibits.

The Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park runs for 2 miles from Dempster Street on the north to Touhy Avenue on the south and displays over 60 sculptures by artists of local, national and international reputation.