Polaris Ring
This large architectural sculpture installation fills the round-about in the street that leads to the Michigan Library and Historical Building. Viewed from this angle, a 40-foot tree can be seen through the columns. It is planted in an interior open courtyard behind the entrance to the building, and soars nearly to the fourth story.
The tree is a White Pine, Michigan's State Tree, and welcomes all to the museum complex.
The sculptural installation, the "Polaris Ring" was created by noted Michigan sculptor, David Barr. (1939-2015)
Standing behind the large stone in the center of the columns, looking through the two tallest of the 50 steel columns, should sight to Polaris, the North Star, in the night sky. (I didn't return at night to verify this.)
Polaris Ring
This large architectural sculpture installation fills the round-about in the street that leads to the Michigan Library and Historical Building. Viewed from this angle, a 40-foot tree can be seen through the columns. It is planted in an interior open courtyard behind the entrance to the building, and soars nearly to the fourth story.
The tree is a White Pine, Michigan's State Tree, and welcomes all to the museum complex.
The sculptural installation, the "Polaris Ring" was created by noted Michigan sculptor, David Barr. (1939-2015)
Standing behind the large stone in the center of the columns, looking through the two tallest of the 50 steel columns, should sight to Polaris, the North Star, in the night sky. (I didn't return at night to verify this.)