Alma Löv Museum, Art museum in Östra Ämtervik, Sweden.
Alma Löv Museum is an art project and art farm by Lake Mellan-Fryken, four kilometres south of Östra Ämtervik in Sunne Municipality. It occupies the old Smedsby school, where contemporary art is shown in sixteen small pavilions and in the exhibition hall Paleis Oranjestraat, a converted barn and loft.
The museum began in 1998 as a project for the cultural capital year, founded by artists Karin Broos and Marc Broos at the old Smedsby school by Lake Mellan-Fryken. It closed in 2010 and reopened in 2014 as Alma Löv Museum CIA Center for Interactual Art, run by Stella Broos. Since 2015 it has also hosted Alma manusutbildning, a 300-point vocational screenwriting program.
The museum shows contemporary art in a setting where the surrounding fields and forests are as much a part of the experience as the works themselves. Walking from one pavilion to another, visitors notice how each work responds to its specific location and light.
Getting around the site requires walking between the barn and the scattered pavilions, so sturdy shoes are a good idea. Some outdoor areas can become muddy or hard to reach in wet weather, so a dry day makes the visit much easier.
The museum regularly shows work by art students alongside that of established artists, which is unusual for a rural venue of this kind. This means that what you see can vary a great deal from one visit to the next.
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