This museum stretches across 200 hectares along the scenic banks of the Abava River. Here one can see sculptures by the founder of the museum, Ojārs Feldbergs, as well as works of art by other artists, which were created during the Pedvāle International Art Symposium. The museum has received the UNESCO Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.

Pedvale is situated near the small town of Sabile, about 120 km from Riga. The Open-Air Art Museum at Pedvale was opened by sculptor Ojars Arvids Feldbergs in 1993 and is now a State Historical Monument. It’s 200 hectares are covered with tilled fields, blooming meadows, gentle slopes and deep ravines, rolling hills, a winding river, forests with birds and wildlife. It is an ideal place in which creative professionals, — sculptors, painters, printmakers, installation and performance artists — are free to express themselves.

The museum conceptually integrates the artistic and cultural heritage and the natural setting into a unified whole. The requirement for participating artists is that they incorporate their works into the unique settings of the natural environment. Artists working at the museum are encouraged to draw their inspiration from nature and to use local materials. The simple, rustic setting that is available to the artists and visitors is comprised of a small hotel, a restaurant, a conference hall, and picnic areas.

The permanent collection of the Museum includes more than 150 works of art that have been created during symposia, workshops and pleinairs. It also includes an exhibition of the works by Ojars Feldbergs and temporary exhibits by local and foreign artists.

In 1999 the activities at Pedvale museum were estimated and UNESCO Melina Mercuri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was received.