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Desert Christ Park

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Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Desert Christ Park
Phone:
+1 760-365-3984

Hours:
Sunday6am - 6pm
Monday6am - 6pm
Tuesday6am - 6pm
Wednesday6am - 6pm
Thursday6am - 6pm
Friday6am - 6pm
Saturday6am - 6pm


Desert Christ Park is a 3.5-acre sculpture garden in Yucca Valley, California. The park was sculpted and created by Antone Martin, a former aircraft worker who died in 1961 at the age of 74. Martin started sculpting the figures out of steel-reinforced concrete during the height of the Cold War atomic bomb scare of the mid-1940s, hoping that the sculptures would inspire global peace. Sculptures include The Twelve Apostles, Martha, Mary, angels, and a 15-foot-tall, 3 ton statue of Jesus, reminiscent of Rio de Janeiro's famous and much larger hilltop Christ the Redeemer. The park was neglected between 1988 and 1996, while the ACLU sued San Bernardino County for separation of church and state issues, after which a nonprofit foundation took over and renovated the park.
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