A boy taking a phone photograph of a brightly coloured mosaic Buddha figure.

Sculpture Spy

Sculpture Spy

There are around 100 outdoor sculptures to be discovered at YSP. How many will you spy today?

Pick up a Sculpture Spy activity sheet from the Information Desk at the Visitor Centre to help you explore during your visit, or download it here.

Pick up a map and challenge yourself to find all the sculptures on the activity sheet. Enjoy a walk through the Formal Gardens and down to the lake. Stroll through the Country Park on your journey back to the Visitor Centre.

How far to spy every sculpture? 3.5km / 2 miles (allow approx. 90 minutes). Don’t worry if you don’t find all the sculptures today. Come back and visit again.

What is it like underfoot? Gravel and grassy paths with inclines. Can get muddy in wet weather.

Share your finds on social media and tag @YSPsculpture #YSPFamily #YSPSchools

When you discover a sculpture…

1. Move all around it. Take it in from all sides. Can you see through it? Under it? Over it?

2. Look closer and listen carefully. What colours and patterns can you see? Can you feel the wind blow through it?

3. Think about how the sculpture makes you feel. What if it was bigger or smaller? Or made from something completely different?

People looking at Barbara Hepworth's Family of Man.

Barbara Hepworth: The Family of Man

G11

This set of sculptures is a family group. Find the little girl and her two parents.

A seated humanoid figure covered in brightly coloured mosaic tiles

Niki de Saint Phalle: Buddha

H11

Hold your hands, shut your eyes and tune in to nature around you. How do you feel?

A group of children running in front of a large sculpture of a female body with a rabbit head.

Sophie Ryder: Sitting

H9

If you were an animal, what would you be?

A giant brown Birkin handbag in front of a building with glass windows.

Kalliopi Lemos: Bag of Aspirations

H9

Who has left their bag here? What do you think might be inside?

An abstract sculpture with colourful blob shapes and thin wiggly legs.

Vanessa da Silva: Muamba Grove #3 and #4

G9

Does this sculpture make you feel like dancing?

A person walking towards a tall pointed tower, with glass panels

Kimsooja: A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir

H9

What is the tallest structure you’ve ever seen?

Four people looking up at a larger-than-life-size sculpture of a man holding a mobile phone.

Thomas J Price: Network

H7

What message do you think this person might be sending? And to who?

A sculpture of a girl's head flanked by trees, overlooking the lake.

Jaume Plensa: Wilsis

G7

Spot the dreaming girl from this side of the lake. What do you dream for the future?

Two interlinked bronze sculptures displayed outdoor, with sheep grazing around the work.

Henry Moore: Large Two Forms

E9

Henry Moore was inspired by nature. What inspires you?

The view through a square hole in the roof of Skyspace, showing a blue sky with clouds.

James Turrell: Deer Shelter Skyspace

E9

Head inside and look up. What colour is the sky?

Children running down a hill in front of a large red LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana

Robert Indiana: LOVE (Red Blue Green)

E10

What three things do you love to do?

Download the Sculpture Spy activity sheet