Spring Stroll at Europos Parkas

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 exhibition 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.