The Circle Museum
Updated October 17, 2008.
If you've always wanted to visit a sculpture museum that evokes an auto body shop (and really, who hasn't), here's your chance.
The Circle Museum in Columbia County is as an odd little collection of metal sculptures.
Visitors are welcome to stop by and wander in and around the outdoor sculpture collection. Some of the pieces are fairly straightforward, while others are a bit abstract. Either way, it makes for a very cool little stop along your journey.
Why? Isn't the real question here "why not?"
Update: When we originally posted this item, we contacted the Circle Museum for info but never heard back. Now we have. Here's info they sent along:
The Circle Museum is a registered Columbia County Museum consisting of over 100 large-scale works of sculpture. In this location for 25 years, BIjan Mahmoodi is the owner of the museum and the artist. His art reflects his fascination with hard-to-find Industrial Era fabricated metals and bronze casting. Inside the artist's studio, also on the property, is a collection of Bijan's oil paintings that explore the circle motif you see in most of his sculptures.
Why is it called the Circle Museum? Bijan explains.... "Because our planet is based on the circle - the sun, the planets, the moon and life itself is cyclical.The circle is what inspires me."
Find It
The Circle Museum
Rd 1 Box 183B
Austerlitz, NY 12529
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Dumping metal stuff on your lawn now constitutes Art? I've got an old refrigerator and freezer I'm not using. I think I'll open the Rectangle Museum.
... said Ellen on Aug 28, 2008 at 10:49 AM | link
@Ellen: We're totally at the opening for the Rectangle Museum.
... said Greg on Aug 28, 2008 at 10:56 AM | link
There was a guy up near Northville, right off of Route 30 before town, who ran a art park on land next to his rented old train depot..... I think his name was Faust, he was from NYC I believe. I know his lost his lease and the park isn't there anymore. This stuff is really cool and very similar to his. I wonder if anyone has pictures of Faust's work?
... said Barold on Aug 28, 2008 at 7:02 PM | link
Ask and ye shall receive. http://www.artnsoulinc.com/artists/cfaust.htm.
... said Kate on Aug 29, 2008 at 4:09 PM | link
I know this thread is old, but my husband and I visited the Circle Museum on Oct. 6, 2008 and I just posted a video of it if anyone is interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM0jC3h3Pjs
It's a tremendously interesting place if you get a chance to visit!
Debbie
... said Debbie on Oct 28, 2008 at 5:49 PM | link
The Circle Museum hosts a generous collection of abstract and figuratively abstract sculpture. I had an opportunity to visit a few weeks ago- and i was blown away by the artists originality and authenticity, especially in regards to material usage and concepts. By no means is this "...metal stuff on your lawn," as mentioned in an earlier posting. It is without question: Art. In every way. If you're passing by I highly recommend a visit to this avant guard park, it is a museum without walls. Bravo!
... said Gabriel on Oct 30, 2008 at 2:28 PM | link
I knew Bijan 20 years ago and still have one of his original art tables - does anyone want to buy it for $15,000?
... said Janet on Dec 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM | link
I have visited this place many times after discovering it on a scenic trip from Scranton, Pa. to New Hampshire. I just love how randomly it appeared by the side of the road. Magical.
... said Fudloe on Jan 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM | link