A Sound Garden

A Sound Garden is a public art work on NOAA property adjacent to Magnuson Park in Seattle, Washington. It was created in 1982 by Doug Hollis. It is constructed with a number of metal tubes on weathervane-like apparatus that catch the wind and moan eerily.[1][2]

A Sound Garden
Artist Douglas Hollis
Year 1982–1983
Type Sound sculpture
Dimensions 6.4 m (21 ft)
Location Seattle, Washington, U.S.

47°41′08″N 122°15′00″W / 47.685444°N 122.249972°W / 47.685444; -122.249972Coordinates: 47°41′08″N 122°15′00″W / 47.685444°N 122.249972°W / 47.685444; -122.249972
Owner National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Seattle grunge band Soundgarden took their name from this art work.[3][4]

The art installation is closed to the general public.[5]

References

  1. Rachel Joy Larris (July 22, 2000). Magnuson Park's creaky Sound Garden awaiting a tune-up. Seattle P-I. http://www.seattlepi.com/visualart/hart221.shtml. Retrieved 2007-06-20. [dead link]
  2. Lotta Magnuson and Anna Wennberg, MLA-students. Landscape Architecture in the Pacific Northwest (2002-11-07)Department of Landscape Planning, Ultuna, Sweden (student pages). Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  3. Soundgarden: BiographyVH1. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  4. Justin Nicholls. Unofficial Soundgarden Homepage: Band History. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  5. NOAA - Western Regional Center. www.wrc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2026-02-02.