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Right next to Vilnius, there is the open-air museum of Europos Parkas, one of its kind in Lithuania. For nearly three decades since 1991, it has been a crucible of harmony between nature and art. The museum’s collection is made up of reflections of cultures of different countries as well as works of art by the world’s most celebrated artists scattered across a wooded landscape of 55 hectares.

 

It all began with a young sculptural student’s idea of a place where the world’s sculpture could meet and people would come to Lithuania to behold it from all over the world. This was an ambition to create an open-air museum in a wild forest from scratch. Little by little, clearings were made to accommodate modern sculptures and landscape art. Thus, Europos Parkas has been, and still is, growing as a single artistic landscape moulded in a subtle way.

 

The artwork on display at Europos Parkas will often surprise you. It blends with the nature, or stands in stark contrast with it. It is silent or engages you in resounding commotion. It can be so small that you will need to stoop for a better look, or so large that you won’t see where it ends.

 

We invite you to embark on this ecological journey of artistic discovery slowly. Enjoy the fresh air, let it fill your lungs; pay close attention to your breathing. Feel the breath of the nature around you: its colours, sounds, smells. Take time observing the art, note its details. What is it that you missed at the first glance?

 

Here, you will discover oval mossy shapes that rise well above the height of a person and seem to have ‘grown’ here; the ‘drinking cabin’ bending over the water; the special Place with its frame of tall and brightly rust-coloured columns; and many other things that we cannot mention here because, after all, it is for you to discover.