''A Sound Garden'' is an outdoor public art work in

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, United States. It is one of six such works on the

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(NOAA) campus, which lies adjacent to Warren G. Magnuson Park on the northwestern shore of

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."NOAA's Development of the Western Regional Center"
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''. Retrieved October 20, 2016."Magnuson Park Features: NOAA Art Walk and ''"Sound Garden"'' "
. '' Seattle Parks and Recreation''. Retrieved October 20, 2016. Designed and built by sculptor Douglas Hollis from 1982 to 1983, the sound sculpture is composed of twelve 21-foot (6.4 m) high steel tower structures, at the top of each of which hangs an organ pipe attached to a

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that produces soft-toned sounds when stirred by the wind.Seattle's ''Sound Garden'' sculpture
. ''Entertainment Weekly'' (official website). Retrieved October 26, 2021. The sculpture attracts many visitors owing to its location overlooking Lake Washington, its visual and kinetic qualities, and its being the namesake of the Seattle

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band

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. It became a

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to Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell following his death in 2017. While open to the public along with the other artworks on NOAA's campus, access to the area has been monitored and restricted with picture identification needed to enter since the

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External links

NOAA Art Walk BrochureSmithsonian Institution Research Information System: ''A Sound Garden''
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