Heritage & Culture.
Glebe Park covers 175 acres on Head Lake's north shore at the edge of Haliburton village, with the Haliburton Sculpture Forest's collection of 40 sculptures and six benches winding through a maple woodland alongside the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Fleming College's Haliburton School of Art + Design. The Sculpture Forest opened in fall 2001 with three works and has grown the collection across two decades through commissions from Canadian, Indigenous, and international artists.
The brief.
The Sculpture Forest trails are open year-round, 24 hours a day, with no admission fee — donations welcome. The main trailhead is at 297 College Drive, with shared parking at the Haliburton School of Art + Design; secondary parking is available at Museum Road.
The 1.5-kilometre primary path is wide and well-followed, with stone stairways and side trails for closer looks at individual sculptures. The Haliburton Highlands Museum keeps separate operating hours, peaking May through October.
Fleming's School of Art + Design runs credit-bearing programs and short workshops; visiting artists' open studios occasionally coincide with festival dates. The Haliburton Forest Logging Museum sits north of the village inside the private reserve and operates on the Forest's schedule.
4. places.
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Haliburton Sculpture Forest
40 sculptures and six benches by Canadian, Indigenous, and international artists in Glebe Park; opened fall 2001; free admission, year-round access at 297 College Drive.
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Haliburton Highlands Museum
Regional history museum co-located with the Sculpture Forest in Glebe Park.
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Fleming College Haliburton School of Art + Design
Credit-bearing arts campus on the Glebe Park site, adjacent to the Sculpture Forest.
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Haliburton Forest Logging Museum
Forest-history museum at the Haliburton Forest base, north of Haliburton village inside the 80,000-acre reserve.
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