With a Docent for 60 Minutes, You Can See 20 Years of Art

Like the phrase “museum without a roof,” the Anyang Public Art Project (APAP) places artworks along the city’s forest trails, riverside areas, and roadsides without constructing dedicated exhibition buildings, allowing citizens to encounter art in their everyday spaces ¹.

Participants walk for 60 to 90 minutes with a docent’s guidance for a fee of KRW 1,000 to 3,000. Throughout this process, artworks installed across Anyang City since 2005 in the forms of art, sculpture, architecture, design, and performance line both sides of the walking paths. During a single tour, visitors encounter approximately 15 to 20 works on the Anyang Arts Park course and about 10 works on the Pyeongchon course ¹. The placement of artworks along walking paths rather than inside exhibition halls creates an experience distinct from conventional museum visits.

Artworks Remained in Urban Spaces Rather Than Exhibition Halls

Since 2005, Anyang City has operated APAP by installing public artworks in the city’s beautiful forests, streams, everyday living spaces, and roadsides ¹. Rather than constructing separate exhibition buildings, this project focused on utilizing the city itself as an exhibition space. During the seven editions of the project, various works reflecting Anyang’s history and urban culture were installed ¹.

These artworks are located in places citizens pass through daily, such as forest trails, riverside areas, and urban parks in the Pyeongchon district. As a result, citizens can naturally encounter artworks during walks or commutes without deliberately visiting exhibition venues ¹.

Two Courses: Anyang Arts Park and Pyeongchon

The currently operating “APAP Artwork Tour” is a program where participants view artworks accompanied by a docent, broadly divided into the Anyang Arts Park course and the Pyeongchon course ¹. Both courses offer opportunities to view artworks accumulated from the first through seventh editions since 2005.

The Anyang Arts Park course is a program for viewing approximately 15 to 20 APAP public artworks along the forest and streams ¹. Because the artworks are integrated into the natural landscape, participants can experience art much like an ordinary forest trail walk. In contrast, the Pyeongchon course is a tour of about 10 artworks while strolling through urban parks and everyday spaces ¹. This course allows visitors to see how art is integrated into ordinary parks and walking paths near residential areas.

Changes Depending on Time of Day: Day and Evening

Although the space remains the same, lighting creates a different atmosphere in the evening, making the day and evening programs offer distinct impressions ¹.

Practical Information for Visitors

The APAP Artwork Tour, running from March 10 to November 30, 2026, operates from Tuesday to Sunday, excluding Mondays. Tours start at 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., lasting 60 to 90 minutes ¹.

Admission fees range from KRW 1,000 to 3,000. All age groups are welcome to participate, but children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult ¹.

Ultimately, Anyang City’s “museum without a roof” is implemented not as an abstract slogan but as a concrete walking program. Walking for 60 to 90 minutes along forest trails, riverside areas, and urban parks with a docent’s guidance allows visitors to directly observe the diverse public artworks installed on both sides of the paths over seven editions since 2005. Until November 30, 2026, this experience can be enjoyed for a fee of KRW 1,000 to 3,000.