Involving the Community

In order to produce historically accurate portrait statues, the artist has used information from community groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Women's Civic Club as well as from individual stories, local libraries, the Archeology Center in La Crosse, Internet searches, Fort Crawford Medical Museum, Villa Louis, Wisconsin State Historical Society. She has also consulted with representatives of local Native American Tribes.

This unique sculpture park is open year round for all visitors. School children and adults on tours, community individuals and families, and people at the annual Prairie du Chien Rendezvous have all gathered here to learn about the art of bronze sculpture, and our deep history illustrated by the life size cast bronze statues. The central firecircle with its embedded bronze cultural symbols invites all to share stories and songs, have a picnic, or roast marshmallows over a bonfire.

The Mississippi River Sculpture Park is a place of gathering, reflecting the history of the confluence region, a place of gathering for people from all over the world for 12,000 years or more.

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