This is a list of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey , in the United States . This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics.
Image Title / subject Location and coordinates Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes America Triumphant Pershing Field Jersey City Heights 40°44′32″N 74°03′12″W / 40.74222°N 74.05333°W / 40.74222; -74.05333 (America Triumphant ) 1922 James Novelli Sculpture Bronze [ 1] [ 2] Buffalo and Bears Dr. Leonard J. Gordon Park Western Slope Jersey City Heights 40°44′44.6″N 74°03′28.8″W / 40.745722°N 74.058000°W / 40.745722; -74.058000 (Buffalo and Bears ) 1907 Solon Borglum Sculptures Painted concrete City of Jersey City [ 1] Bust of Henry Hudson Riverview-Fiske ParkJersey City Heights 40°44′41.6″N 74°02′35.6″W / 40.744889°N 74.043222°W / 40.744889; -74.043222 (Bust of Henry Hudson ) 1917 Anthony Schaff Bust Gilded concrete City of Jersey City [ 3] [ 1] By Definition New Jersey City University 40°42′34″N 74°05′19″W / 40.70944°N 74.08861°W / 40.70944; -74.08861 2006 Maya Lin Sculpture Stone More images Colgate Clock Hudson River Waterfront Walkway (at the foot of Essex St ) 40°42′43.3″N 74°02′02″W / 40.712028°N 74.03389°W / 40.712028; -74.03389 (Colgate Clock ) 1924 Clock Q5144779 [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] More images Empty Sky Liberty State Park 40°42′30″N 74°02′05″W / 40.708303°N 74.034628°W / 40.708303; -74.034628 (Empty Sky ) 2011 Jessica JamrozFrederic Schwartz Memorial Stainless steel Q5374723 [ 8] More images Hudson County Courthouse Murals Hudson County Courthouse 40°43′54.2″N 74°3′26.1″W / 40.731722°N 74.057250°W / 40.731722; -74.057250 (Hudson County Courthouse Murals ) 1901 *Edwin Howland Blashfield *Kenyon Cox *Francis Davis Millet *Howard Pyle *Charles Yardley Turner Murals Hudson County Q5374723 [ 9] Jersey City Murals City-wide 2012 to date over 138 artist over 200 outdoor murals Paint [ 10] More images Jersey City 9/11 Memorial Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Paulus Hook near Exchange Place 40°42′53.4″N 74°01′59.8″W / 40.714833°N 74.033278°W / 40.714833; -74.033278 (Jersey City 9/11 Memorial ) 2002, 2004 Stele , Sculpture , Statue Granite , Steel , Bronze Jersey City Police Memorial City HallDowntown 40°43′7″N 74°02′52″W / 40.71861°N 74.04778°W / 40.71861; -74.04778 (Jersey City Police Memorial ) 1936 Statue Bronze and steel Katyń Memorial Exchange Place 40°42′58″N 74°01′59″W / 40.71611°N 74.03306°W / 40.71611; -74.03306 (Katyń Memorial ) 1991 Andrzej Pitynski Statue Bronze Q6378565 [ 11] Korean War Veterans Memorial Hudson River Walkway Morris Canal Park Paulus Hook 40°42′40″N 74°02′19″W / 40.71111°N 74.03861°W / 40.71111; -74.03861 (Korean War Veterans Memorial ) 2002 Statue , obelisks, panels Black granite [ 12] Liberation Liberty State Park 40°41′34″N 74°03′21″W / 40.6927°N 74.0558°W / 40.6927; -74.0558 (Liberation ) 1985 Nathan Rapoport Memorial Bronze Q6540978 [ 13] Lincoln the Mystic Lincoln Park 40°43′29″N 74°04′51″W / 40.724640°N 74.080939°W / 40.724640; -74.080939 (Lincoln the Mystic ) 1930 James Earle Fraser Statue Bronze Q6551213 [ 14] More images Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial MLK Drive Jackson Hill 40°42′44″N 74°04′38″W / 40.7121°N 74.0773°W / 40.7121; -74.0773 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial ) 2000 Jonathan Shahn Bust Bas reliefs Bronze Granite Q108830658 [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] Peter Stuyvesant Monument Journal Square 40°43′51″N 74°03′57″W / 40.730933°N 74.065711°W / 40.730933; -74.065711 (Peter Stuyvesant Monument ) 1911 Statue Bronze Statue of Christopher Columbus Journal Square 40°43′56″N 74°03′47″W / 40.732142°N 74.063114°W / 40.732142; -74.063114 (Statue of Christopher Columbus ) 1950 Archimedes Giacomantonio Statue Bronze and granite [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] One of three Columbus statues in Hudson County by the artist
Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune Greenville 40°42′18.5″N 74°05′12.4″W / 40.705139°N 74.086778°W / 40.705139; -74.086778 (Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune ) 2021 Alvin Petit Statue Bronze Statue of Jackie Robinson Journal Square 40°43′56″N 74°03′47″W / 40.732141°N 74.063114°W / 40.732141; -74.063114 (Statue of Jackie Robinson ) 1998 Susan Wagner Statue Bronze Q108841403 [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] More images Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial City HallDowntown 40°43′7″N 74°02′53″W / 40.71861°N 74.04806°W / 40.71861; -74.04806 (Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial ) 1899 Philip Martiny Statue Bronze City of Jersey City La Vela di Colombo Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Liberty State Park 40°42′21″N 74°2′36″W / 40.70583°N 74.04333°W / 40.70583; -74.04333 (La Vela di Colombo ) 1992 1998 Gino Gianetti Sculpture bronze 6 metres (20 ft) (height) [ 24] [ 25] Water's Soul Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Newport 40°43′51″N 74°01′42″W / 40.73083°N 74.02833°W / 40.73083; -74.02833 (Water's Soul ) 2021 Jaume Plensa Sculpture Polyester resin Fiberglass Marble dust Q108830467 [ 26] Wave Washington Park Jersey City Heights 40°45′16.2″N 74°02′35.9″W / 40.754500°N 74.043306°W / 40.754500; -74.043306 (Wave ) 2008 Chakaia Booker Sculpture Brushed stainless steel 14 feet (4.3 m)high and 35 feet (11 m) wide Hudson County Park System [ 1] [ 27] [ 28]
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