Von der Heydt-Museum

The Waldfrieden Sculpture Park is located on a wooded slope between the center of Wuppertal in Elberfeld and the district of Barmen. The sculptor Tony Cragg opened the park in 2008 as a location where contemporary sculpture could be encountered in the open. It extends more than 14 hectares around the Villa Waldfrieden which the paint manufacturer Kurt Herberts commissioned to be built between 1947 and 1950. This singular building, which owes its sculptural qualities to its designer the artist-architect Franz Krause, was constructed in an organic manner and is encircled by a terraced lawn which merges subtly into its surroundings. Thanks to the regularely changing exhibitions of wellknown sculptors and a demanding event program, visiting the sculpture park is worthwile during the whole year.