The Open-Air museum
The desire to create an open-air museum at the Sart Tilman was born at the same time as the first urbanization projects on the site. From 1965 onwards, the architects and academics responsible for the various buildings worked closely with a number of contemporary artists to establish harmonious links between buildings, works of art and the natural environment.
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he Open-Air Museum was officially opened in 1977, focusing mainly on contemporary sculpture and monumental painting. Today, it comprises some 120 works integrated into the campus, including some thirty indoor works.
Freddy Wybaux's ceramic work Ange Vert and Thierry Bontridder's stainless steel composition Déplacement dans le temps et dans l'espace have been installed along the driveway leading from the parking lot to the Château.
Arriving at the Château, one is struck by La Joie de vivre, a bronze sculpture by Rik Wouters, also known as La Vierge folle, which defies gravity.
Exhibitions of sculpture and contemporary compositions frequently make use of the Château's surroundings. The genius of the place is well suited to the intimate experience of a work of art.
