Safety and size are major considerations. The DeCordova Sculpture Park is a public park on many acres - it is not locked at night. Sculptures and installations which are intended to be entered, traversed, or walked or climbed upon, must comply with the building codes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No work may be sited on, in, or within ten feet of Flint's Pond. The pond is the reservoir for the Town of Lincoln.
Installations normally take place during warm months.
Site preparation is impossible when the ground is frozen. All sculptures must have features which allow them to be secured to the ground, or to a concrete or wooden pad. Most site preparation and installation labor can be provided by DeCordova's Preparator and Buildings and Grounds staff. All artists exhibiting work in the Sculpture Park receive five free copies of each annual Sculpture Park Guide, as well as free publicity provided by the DeCordova Public Relations Department. Curator's Biographies Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, M. A. has been the Senior Curator at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park since 1983, has been in the museum curatorial field since 1978.