Public Art in Public Places curates and publishes one of the largest regional data archives of permanent public art in the United States.  To date, it has published data on more than 3,000 public art sculptures, murals, statues, station art, monuments, landmarks and memorials in more than 250 cities and communities throughout Southern California and Hawaii.  [See also WHAT IS PUBLIC ART - WHAT IS NOT PUBLIC ART:   CHARACTERISTICS, FORMS AND TYPES].  

DATA SOURCES AND DATA QUALITY:   

Archive data are obtained from primary sources in the form of firsthand observation, measurement, and photographs from on-site visits by staff, unless otherwise noted.  Any supplemental data include citations and are limited to official government sources and/or direct artist contact.  Our primary and extensive reliance on firsthand data from on-site visits supports our mission to provide highly accurate and independently verified visual, descriptive, technical, and historic public art information.   

The extensive Public Art in Public Places archive is free and publicly-accessible, but is not open to general public edits or contributions in order to ensure data quality and security.  Public Art in Public Places and the archive are non-commercial, not-for-profit, and do not incorporate social media features (see instead Google Maps features below).   

Public Art in Public Places is a primary data contributor and verifier for Google Maps public art features.  As a pioneering contributor since 2008, Public Art in Public Places established the first Google Maps public art feature protocols.   

Google Maps public art features provide for transit navigation as well as the posting of public comments, reviews, and images.