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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
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
Bust of Henry Hudson Riverview-Fiske Park
Jersey 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
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

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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

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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 Jamroz
Frederic Schwartz
Memorial Stainless steel Q5374723

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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
Jersey City Murals City-wide 2012 to date over 138 artist over 200 outdoor murals Paint

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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 Hall
Downtown


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
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
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
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

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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
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

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

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Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial City Hall
Downtown


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)
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
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


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