Tourism is a word I use a lot at the Hartman Rock Garden. Our artist-built environment has operated as a cultural heritage tourism destination since its inception, counting hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world over the past ninety-plus years. I have...

Legacy support is important for the longterm survive of any non-profit organization, but it is vital for organizations tasked with maintaining cultural landmarks in perpetuity. The longterm protection of the physical asset is the organization’s raison d’être (a fancy way of saying “the reason to exist”).

The Hartman Rock Garden is offering a paid internship this summer to students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs who wish to gain professional experience in the fields of art history, history, and museum studies. This intern will work alongside Kevin Rose, Executive Director and Curator. The internship runs from roughly June 1 to July 31, totaling approximately 185 hours over 8 weeks.

Back in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, our team at the Hartman Rock Garden wanted to create a program that would give children and their families a way to engage in a safe, educational outdoor activity. We had started working on this type of program years...

The Friends of the Hartman Rock Garden is excited to announce a new project to permanently return Ben Hartman’s beloved concrete figurines to the site for the first time since the late-1990s. Ben began producing these concrete figurines in his workshop and basement in the mid-1930s using similar techniques that he employed as a molder at the Springfield Machine Tool Company.

The Friends of the Hartman Rock Garden is excited to announce the appointment of Kevin Rose as the organization’s first Executive Director. Kevin has extensive experience in the cultural tourism sector through his two decades as the Historian at the Turner Foundation. Kevin was part of the team that worked with the Wisconsin-based Kohler Foundation to save and restore the site back in 2009, and has served as the Turner Foundation’s liaison on the project for the past fourteen years.