The Domaine de Kerguéhennec estate, 12 miles north of Vannes, in southern Brittany, has been the property of the département of Morbihan since 1972. The 430-acre grounds of the estate, laid out in 1872 by the landscape gardener Denis Bühler (who, with his brother, designed the Tête d'or gardens in Lyons, and the Thabor gardens in Rennes), surround a majestic courtyard formed by the castle and its outbuildings, all listed historic monuments, commissioned in 1710 from Olivier Delourme, architect of the St. Patern church in Vannes.

The sculpture park, a rare French example of the genre, is one of the largest in Europe. It was created in 1986 by the Ministry of Culture and the Brittany Regional Contemporary Art Collection [FRAC], and boasts some 20 works by major artists, commissioned either by the government or the FRAC, and various pieces on loan.

The Contemporary Art Centre now has an international audience. Its exhibitions, which change every two or three months, are open to artists of all nationalities, with a focus on markedly investigative work.
Its publications, on sale either at the Domaine itself, by mail or through any good bookshop, are distributed in the United States and throughout northern Europe.

Part of the Cultural Centres / Historic Monuments European network since 1998, in the company of the Saline of Arc-et-Senans, the Corderie royale at Rochefort, the Chartreuse of Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, and Fontevraud abbey, Kerguéhennec has on average 30,000 visitors a year.

Artists' periods of residence are currently linked with exhibition projects. But artists are also invited for longer periods, to work on personal projects, with the centre as partner.
Introductory art classes are organized with schools and colleges. The centre, which is traditionally associated with Brittany's four art schools and the Inspectorate of Art Teaching, also offers training courses for art school and university students, in the form of seminars and individual classes lasting from one week to three months.

The association of the Friends of the Domaine de Kerguéhennec [Domaine des amis] offers its members special privileges (invitations, exhibition news, meetings with artists, previews, guided tours, free admission to lectures, access to documentation, special prices for publications).
Annual fee: 15 €.

The Domaine also houses the Regional Restoration Workshop, specializing in polychrome sculpture, and a training and experimental centre run by the Morbihan Chamber of Agriculture.

The Café du Parc offers light refreshments, served on the terrace in summer.