Outdoor Collections

What is outdoor cultural material?

Outdoor cultural material includes such items as:

• sculpture—art work in three dimensions;

• fountains—figures, animals and other decorative items combined with hydraulics to form jets, sprays and waterfalls;

• monuments—dedicated to the memory of people or events;

• murals—paintings or decorative items on walls;

• war memorials—dedicated to the memory of those who died during a specific war. Often with larger memorials, additional plaques have been added as other wars have occurred; and

• artefacts—objects which have some link to an historic event, often with a plaque or other memorial features. Such items include cannons, war relics, anchors and items saved from larger pieces which have since been destroyed.