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Make Way for Ducklings

1987 sculpture by Nancy Schön in Boston
VisualArtwork sculpture Q49520995
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Summary

Make Way for Ducklings is a sculpture[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (708 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Nancy Schön[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boston[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Genre: public art[6]
  • Based on: Make Way for Ducklings[7]
  • Made from material: bronze[8]
  • Location: Boston Public Garden[9], Beacon Hill[10]
  • Commons category: Make Way for Ducklings, Boston Public Garden[11]
  • Inception: October 4, 1987[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Neighborhood Public Art in Boston[13]
  • Funding scheme: Henderson Fund[14], Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund[15]

Why It Matters

Make Way for Ducklings is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . schon.com. schon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Retrieved . siris-artinventories.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Retrieved . schon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . thehendersonfoundation.com. Retrieved . thehendersonfoundation.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Boston Public Garden, Beacon Hill
    Instance of → —
    Located in → —
    Country → United States
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Move image to related image (P6802): the photo shows the Moscow copy by Novodevichy Convent (Q21026860), not the Boston original"
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