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Middelheim Sculpture Museum
Openluchtmuseum Middelheim
South of Antwerp's city center, just across the Ring
highway, lies one of the cities' largest green spaces.
It comprises several parks, including the Nachtegalenpark,
Vogelenzang and Middelheim. The parks were private property
with summer residences for Antwerp's nobility until
1910, when
the City of Antwerp decided to purchase the whole property.
The
Middelheim park contains an open air sculpture museum
with a collection of more than 300 works of art. In
1950, an international open air sculpture exhibition
was held in the park. The success of the exhibition,
with more than 150 sculptures on display, gave the mayor
Craeybeckx the idea of a permanent exhibition.
The
27ha (67acre) large park is divided into two parts:
The Middelheim-Hoog, the most southern part of the park
contains older works, the Middelheim-Laag displays contemporary
work. In Middelheim-Hoog, you can also visit some indoor
sculptures in the Braem pavilion, built by the Antwerp
architect Urbain Braem, a former trainee of Le Corbusier.
The other building in the park is the Castle Middelheim,
a 15th century farm which was converted into a Louis
XVI style castle. This building contains a restaurant.
 The
museum's collection has a high international reputation.
It contains works from Auguste Rodin, Rik Wouters, Henry
Moore, Max Bill. The Middelheim park is at Middelheimlaan
61. Entrance is free.
Below a selection of sculptures displayed
at Middelheim:
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Middelheimlaan 61
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