• Location: Houston Zoo -- Near the main entrance
• Number: 0021
• Artist: Armstrong, Ann
• Title: The Great Adventure (Dolly's Ride)
• Date: 1994
• Type: Sculpture
• Medium: Girl: Bronze, Tortoise: Kellstone
• Dimensions: x
• Foundry/Fabricator: Artist
• Location/Environment: Houston Zoo, Outdoors
• Provenance: Donated to the Houston Zoo by the First Houston Doll Club

Historical Background

Subject
The First Houston Doll Club donated the Great Adventure to the Houston Zoo in 1994.

Physical Description
The Great Adventure is a life-sized figurative sculpture made from both bronze (the girl) and a composite stone material (the tortoise).

This bronze sculpture realistically depicts a small girl that is holding a rag-doll and sitting on top of a striding tortoise. The piece rests on a concrete pad, which was provided by the Houston Zoo.

The plaque on the base reads as follows:

For the children of Houston from the First Houston Doll Club, 1994.

Restoration/Conservation
This sculpture is maintained annually.