This is a list of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics.
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Image |
Title / subject |
Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer |
Type | Material | Dimensions |
Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata |
Notes |
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America Triumphant |
Pershing Field Jersey City Heights
40°44′32″N 74°03′12″W |
1922 | James Novelli |
Sculpture | Bronze | |
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[1][2] |
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Buffalo and Bears |
Dr. Leonard J. Gordon Park Western Slope Jersey City Heights
40°44′44.6″N 74°03′28.8″W |
1907 | Solon Borglum |
Sculptures | Painted concrete | |
| City of Jersey City | |
[1] |
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Bust of Henry Hudson |
Riverview-Fiske Park Jersey City Heights
40°44′41.6″N 74°02′35.6″W |
1917 | Anthony Schaff |
Bust | Gilded concrete | |
| City of Jersey City | |
[3][1] |
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By Definition |
New Jersey City University
40°42′34″N 74°05′19″W |
2006 | Maya Lin |
Sculpture | Stone | |
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Colgate Clock |
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway (at the foot of Essex St)
40°42′43.3″N 74°02′02″W |
1924 | |
Clock | | |
| | Q5144779 |
[4][5][6][7] |
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Empty Sky |
Liberty State Park
40.708303°N 74.034628°W / 40.708303; -74.034628 (Empty Sky) |
2011 | Jessica Jamroz Frederic Schwartz |
Memorial | Stainless steel | |
| | Q5374723 |
[8] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lunettes_and_Dome%2C_Rotunda%2C_Hudson_County_Courthouse.jpg/120px-Lunettes_and_Dome%2C_Rotunda%2C_Hudson_County_Courthouse.jpg) More images |
Hudson County Courthouse Murals |
Hudson County Courthouse
40°43′54.2″N 74°3′26.1″W |
1901 | *Edwin Howland Blashfield *Kenyon Cox *Francis Davis Millet *Howard Pyle *Charles Yardley Turner |
Murals | | |
| Hudson County | Q5374723 |
[9] |
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Jersey City Murals |
City-wide |
2012 to date | over 138 artist |
over 200 outdoor murals | Paint | |
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[10] |
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Jersey City 9/11 Memorial |
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Paulus Hook near Exchange Place
40°42′53.4″N 74°01′59.8″W |
2002, 2004 | |
Stele, Sculpture, Statue | Granite, Steel, Bronze | |
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Jersey City Police Memorial |
City Hall Downtown
40°43′7″N 74°02′52″W |
1936 | |
Statue | Bronze and steel | |
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Katyń Memorial |
Exchange Place
40°42′58″N 74°01′59″W |
1991 | Andrzej Pitynski |
Statue | Bronze | |
| | Q6378565 |
[11] |
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Korean War Veterans Memorial |
Hudson River Walkway Morris Canal Park Paulus Hook
40°42′40″N 74°02′19″W |
2002 | |
Statue, obelisks, panels | Black granite | |
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[12] |
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Liberation |
Liberty State Park
40.6927°N 74.0558°W / 40.6927; -74.0558 (Liberation) |
1985 | Nathan Rapoport |
Memorial | Bronze | |
| | Q6540978 |
[13] |
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Lincoln the Mystic |
Lincoln Park
40.724640°N 74.080939°W / 40.724640; -74.080939 (Lincoln the Mystic) |
1930 | James Earle Fraser |
Statue | Bronze | |
| | Q6551213 |
[14] |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial |
MLK Drive Jackson Hill
40.7121°N 74.0773°W / 40.7121; -74.0773 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial) |
2000 | Jonathan Shahn |
Bust Bas reliefs | Bronze Granite | |
| | Q108830658 |
[15][16][17] |
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Peter Stuyvesant Monument |
Journal Square
40.730933°N 74.065711°W / 40.730933; -74.065711 (Peter Stuyvesant Monument) |
1911 | |
Statue | Bronze | |
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Statue of Christopher Columbus |
Journal Square
40.732142°N 74.063114°W / 40.732142; -74.063114 (Statue of Christopher Columbus) |
1950 | Archimedes Giacomantonio |
Statue | Bronze and granite | |
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[18][19][20]
One of three Columbus statues in Hudson County by the artist |
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Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune |
Greenville
40°42′18.5″N 74°05′12.4″W |
2021 | Alvin Petit |
Statue | Bronze | |
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Statue of Jackie Robinson |
Journal Square
40.732141°N 74.063114°W / 40.732141; -74.063114 (Statue of Jackie Robinson) |
1998 | Susan Wagner |
Statue | Bronze | |
| | Q108841403 |
[21][22][23] |
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Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial |
City Hall Downtown
40°43′7″N 74°02′53″W |
1899 | Philip Martiny |
Statue | Bronze | |
| City of Jersey City | |
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La Vela di Colombo |
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Liberty State Park
40°42′21″N 74°2′36″W |
1992 1998 | Gino Gianetti |
Sculpture | bronze | 6 metres (20 ft) (height) |
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[24][25] |
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Water's Soul |
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Newport
40°43′51″N 74°01′42″W |
2021 | Jaume Plensa |
Sculpture | Polyester resin Fiberglass Marble dust | |
| | Q108830467 |
[26] |
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Wave |
Washington Park Jersey City Heights
40°45′16.2″N 74°02′35.9″W |
2008 | Chakaia Booker |
Sculpture | Brushed stainless steel | 14 feet (4.3 m)high and 35 feet (11 m) wide |
| Hudson County Park System | |
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