Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum

The Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum, located on the left bank of the Abava River Valley in Sabile, near the Firkspedvale and Brinkpedvale manors, is a cultural landmark of national importance, which offers visitors over 150 works of art out in the open.

Talsi district, Abava parish, Pedvāle, Pevāles Brīvdabas mākslas muzejs, LV-3294
+371 63252249
+371 29133374
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Time:
1 Jan - 30 Apr
10:00 - 16:00
1 May - 25 Oct
10:00 - 18:00
26 Oct - 30 Dec
10:00 - 16:00

Museum exposition
The museum’s permanent collection is made up of works of art from various artists, which were mostly created during various symposiums, plein-airs or workshops, as well as works from the museum’s founder – sculptor Ojars Freibergs. The museum also features exhibitions from Latvian and foreign artists, which change on a regular basis. Artists, which participate in the museum’s creative projects, are always urged to gain inspiration from the museum’s beautiful surroundings and utilize its natural resources.

Observe and participate!
The museum’s concept is the fusion of the natural landscape, cultural heritage and art into a unified environment. The aim is to create a place where creative thinking can mesh with the surrounding landscape, and as a result become a part of the environment. Every year, a theme is chosen for the museum’s creative work. Everyone is invited to visit and participate in the Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum’s processes.

Take your time and relax!
Artists and visitors are welcomed in a simple country-style environment, which also includes a small guest house, restaurant, conference hall and picnic areas.

Culture and scenery
The Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum is a part of the protected cultural heritage and nature territory "Abavas senleja". Its 100 hectares are covered with tilled fields, blooming meadows, gentle slopes and deep ravines, rolling hills, a winding river, forests with birds and wildlife. It is an ideal place in which creative professionals, — sculptors, painters, printmakers, installation and performance artists — are free to express themselves using the park’s territory for concerts, performances and other displays of art.

The museum has also been granted a UNESCO award for preservation and development of the cultural landscape. In 1996 and 1998 the World Cultural Heritage Foundation included the Abava Valley together with the Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum complex in the List of 100 Most Endangered Culture Monuments of the World.
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Art Park
In the northwest part of Latvia, in Courland (Kurzeme), on the left bank of the River Abava valley, next to Sabile town there is Pedvale. After the restoration of the independence of Latvia, in 1991, the sculptor Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs obtained the manors of Firckspedvale and Brinkenpedvale and started developing the Open-air Art Museum. From September 2018 it is the Pedvale Art Park.

The territory of the Art Park covers an area of almost 100 hectares with a diverse landscape – meadows, bushes, steep slopes, deep valleys, springs, streams and a winding river. It is an ideal place for artists from a variety of creative domains to express themselves by using the artists’ residencies and park areas for exhibitions, concerts, shows and for other artistic expressions that are accessible to the wider public.

The concept of the Art Park is the integration of natural landscape, cultural heritage and art into a single environment. It is a place where a creative idea can both be developed and realized in accordance with the scenic environment and as a result can become an integral part of this environment. The artists participating in the museum’s creative projects are encouraged to get inspiration from the surrounding area and to use the natural materials available there.

In the exhibition of the open-air park, works of art that were created during symposia and workshops, as well as the sculptures and environmental art objects by Ojārs Arvīds can be seen.

The Pedvale Art Park is a unique place where every visitor is given an opportunity to observe the interaction of art and nature.
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