Umedalen skulpturpark

Coordinates: 63°50′20.3″N 20°09′32.9″E / 63.838972°N 20.159139°E

Umedalen skulpturpark is an art exhibition and a sculpture garden in Umeå in Sweden.

History

An art exhibition was arranged in Umedalen for the first time in 1994 and it is now a permanent exhibition in a sculpture garden at the previous Umedalen hospital precinct.[1]

The property company Balticgruppen (The Baltic Group), together with Art Gallery Galleri Sandström Andersson, in 1987 bought the uncommissioned psychiatric hospital Umedalen, around 20 stone houses in a park, by the Västerbotten County Council. Sweden's largest art gallery has been built around the historic buildings that were previously used as the hospital.[2] Balticgruppen has purchased 44 sculptures, which now form the permanent exhibition in the sculpture park.[1]

Permanently exhibited sculptures

Gallery

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Umedalen sculpture's web site, retrieved 4 May 2014
  2. 2014 Capital of Culture: highlights of Umeå, Sweden, Telegraph, retrieved 6 May 2014

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