Le Musée

Museum

The park

Located in the heart of one of the green lungs of the Lille metropolitan area, LaM Park is an open-air museum where art and nature interact. As you stroll, discover the ten monumental sculptures that dot the park: Alexander Calder, Richard Deacon, Eugène Dodeigne, Jacques Lipchitz, and Pablo Picasso. A place to live and stroll, this park makes LaM a unique place in France.
 

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Sculpture dans le parc du musée avec visiteurs.

A place to live in harmony with its biodiversity

When designing the museum's architecture, Roland Simounet sought to establish a dialogue between the interior and exterior, thus respecting the donors' desire to place the museum within a sculpture park.

Beyond the works presented there, the museum's grounds are also a haven of biodiversity and play a crucial role. Home to a variety of flora and fauna, the park's responsible maintenance plays a key role in preserving biodiversity. This park is an essential refuge for many species of life, contributing to a precious ecological balance.

In 2023, the museum's sculpture park and its surroundings underwent major renovations to improve accessibility for people with disabilities or those arriving by public transport, and to increase the density of vegetation by replanting 68 gray poplars and 2,200 perennials. These various projects, supported by the D'art d'arbres crowdfunding campaign, have thus made it possible to participate in the preservation of the park's biodiversity and ecosystems, and to constitute a carbon sink absorbing 1.6 to 2.8 tonnes of CO2 per year.
 

A journey between art and nature

Originally composed solely of the works of Eugène Dodeigne with Reclining Figure (1956), Group of Three Figures (1986), as well as Group of Three (1998), and of Jean Roulland with Maternity (1956), collected by Jean Masurel, the museum's park has grown year after year. Thanks to acquisitions, major deposits from the Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, it now houses sculptures by Alexander Calder, Richard Deacon, Jacques Lipchitz and Pablo Picasso.
 

The sound walk

During a poetic and sonic walk, let yourself be guided by the voices of the artists, architects, and landscapers who have shaped this place of relaxation and delight, in harmony with nature and the works of art. In summer or winter, this audio tour takes you through the park for a contemplative pause, at the heart of creativity. Each part of the park reveals a new artistic perspective. Come discover how art and nature meet in a visual and auditory symphony.

 

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