Founded as a charitable organization in 1998 by engineer and innovator, Paul Andres, and local sculptor, John M. Weidman, the Sculpture Park at Andres Institute of Art is one of New England’s largest, with over 75 metal and stone sculptures along hiking trails on 140 acres of beautiful forest and high meadows on the slopes of Big Bear Mountain in Brookline, New Hampshire. It is open every day during daylight hours and is free to the public.

The Institute is involved in many activities related to art, including the annual International Bridges and Connections sculpture symposium. The first symposium held in 1999 brought seven local and international artists to the mountain for two weeks to create sculptures which would be put on permanent display.