The New Destination for You
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum will soon open the only known Museum of Ancient Sculpture in the world. The 265-acre park already allows visitors, picnickers and art-lovers to roam the grassy, wooded hills across 200 acres by foot or car to see the 54 extraordinary sculptures dotting the countryside.
The vision of Harry Wilks adds four ancient galleries to the contemporary park in a new 10,000 square-foot Museum of Ancient Sculpture that features about 70 original pieces from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and Mesopotamia. The museum itself has interesting architecture much like Wilks’ home – a 7,000 square-foot pyramid-shaped house, thus named Pyramid Hill. The museum is designed to resemble ancient Roman and Greek villas. Arches connect the 16 columns separating the courtyard from a cloistered walkway made of stone pavers to pull off the ancient theme. And the double door entry stands 8-feet high of solid mahogany. In addition, there is a three-dimensional 20-foot wide gate serving as the main entrance and a fountain that is the centerpiece of the courtyard.
One man’s ancient eclectic vision and $5 million goes a long way.
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