Moderna museet Sculpturepark, Sculpture garden at Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen, Sweden

The Moderna Museet Sculpture Park is the open-air collection on Skeppsholmen, with works placed outside the museum and the Architecture and Design Centre. Among them are Alexander Calder's four-part steel mobile The Four Elements (1961, after a 1938 model) on the square in front of the former gymnasium, and Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely's 16-part The Fantastic Paradise (1966) in steel and glass-fibre-reinforced plastic.

The outdoor collection took shape around works acquired for Skeppsholmen, where Moderna Museet opened in 1958. Alexander Calder's four-part mobile The Four Elements, modelled in 1938 and made in steel in 1961, stands on the square in front of the former gymnasium. Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely's 16-part Fantastic Paradise arrived in 1966, and Picasso's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was cast in blasted concrete by Carl Nesjar in 1962.

The collection reflects how contemporary sculpture can occupy public space and invite people to encounter art as part of their daily surroundings. Works here encourage different ways of looking and moving through outdoor settings.

Access is free and available year-round, with paths connecting the sculptures and resting spots along the way. Wear comfortable shoes since you will be walking across natural grounds and discovering works takes time.

The 16-part group The Fantastic Paradise by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely mixes fixed and moving pieces in steel and glass-fibre-reinforced plastic. It stands on the museum grounds, and its individual figures can be picked out one by one as you walk around the group.