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Stanford spans 8,353 acres and is home to world-class arts and athletics – much of it free and open to the public.
Experience ideas, academics, art, athletics, and more across a campus buzzing with irreverent energy.
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Tours are available on weekdays by registration for prospective undergraduates and their supporters.
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The Stanford Visitor Center, operated by the Office of Undergraduate Admission, is located at 295 Galvez Street, on the northeast side of campus.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Visitor and hourly paid parking are available in designated areas across campus. All visitor parking payments are contactless and managed through ParkMobile.
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The Marguerite shuttle is a free, easy, and clean way to navigate campus. It travels from the Palo Alto and Redwood City Transit Centers to and around Stanford, Stanford Redwood City, and Stanford Research Park, Monday through Friday all year (except university holidays).
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Find landmarks, parking, and Marguerite routes on the Stanford and Redwood City campuses and at Hopkins Marine Station.
Stroll through open plazas and sculpture gardens, meet a friend at a campus cafe, or jog through the foothills past live oak trees.
Explore museums, landmarks, gardens, and world-class art at every turn.
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Stanford’s architectural and natural landmarks invite you to contemplate, discover, and interact.
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This roughly half-mile boulevard between Palo Alto and Stanford, flanked by more than 160 palms, provides a dramatic entryway to the core campus and a distinctive backdrop featuring the Main Quad and the Stanford Foothills. The Oval is the university’s “front lawn,” welcoming visitors to explore and enjoy.
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The university’s architectural crown jewel was built by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband, Leland. It was one of the earliest, and is still among the most prominent, non-sectarian churches in the West. Tours are held every Friday starting at 11 a.m.
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Just to the east of the Main Quad, this iconic destination offers exhibitions, carillon concerts, and an observation deck with a fantastic view of the surrounding area.
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More than 5,000 acres of Stanford’s total campus is open space, including the Dish conservation area located in the foothills, which offers 5 miles of trails. Hiking the Dish is a beloved student pastime. Nearby, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve serves as a living laboratory and outdoor classroom, where students and volunteers can hike, learn about local ecology, and conduct conservation research.
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Stanford has more than 43,000 of them, representing over 400 different species – not to mention these ones.
Stanford’s museums are open to the public and free of charge.
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The university’s oldest and most extensive museum of art holds more than 42,000 works from around the globe, spanning 5,000 years.
Hours:
Monday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The Anderson Collection, which opened in 2014, is one of the world’s most outstanding private collections of 20th-century American art.
Hours: Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More than 85 works of art, many commissioned specifically for the spaces where they reside, are situated among the plazas, courtyards, and walkways across campus. From Alexander Calder’s The Falcon to Andy Goldsworthy’s Stone River, the outdoor public art collection provides a fascinating platform for exploring campus.
Twelve dazzling stone spheres, ranging in size from a diminutive 16 inches to a colossal 98 inches, are a surprising and provocative recent addition to the Science and Engineering Quad.
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Located near Roble dorm, the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden depicts the layout of “spirit homes” from six societies near the Sepik River. Artists from the region carved the sculptures over three months during a visit to campus in 1994, using kwila and garamut tree trunks shipped from Papua New Guinea.
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This outdoor exhibition of 20 bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin includes The Walking Man; Adam, Eve, and The Three Shades; and The Gates of Hell. Rodin’s life-size Burghers of Calais stand in Memorial Court in front of the Main Quad.
Expertise and exuberance flow in Stanford’s venues, which range from intimate to spectacular.
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Stanford hosts our campus community, neighbors, and visitors from around the world for performances by Grammy-winning headliners and talented students alike. Innovative programming in dance, music, comedy, and more expands our world and concentrates it in a shared moment.
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Feed your curiosity and forge connections through hundreds of conferences and public lectures hosted on the Stanford campus each year.
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The Global Piano Roll Meeting at Stanford will announce the Pianolatron app, a new technology animating a historic musical medium.
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The new Tech Futures Lab at Stanford’s Hoover Institution aims to help scholars, technologists, and policymakers anticipate and prepare for strategic surprises from AI and other emerging technologies.
Intercollegiate athletic competitions happen almost daily between September and May. Catch a game at one of Stanford’s superb facilities.
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