The ceremonial opening of the park, located on the picturesque shore of Tikhoye Lake, took place on December 27, 2019. During the ceremony, the symbolic key to Muse was presented to Andreas, the Keeper of the Lake. Local residents actively participated in designing Muse. The modern park has convenient and comfortable infrastructure: more than 6 km of pedestrian paths, an amphitheatre area for celebrations, concerts and film screenings, an area for exhibitions and plein-air events, gazebos and benches, sculptural compositions, playgrounds and sports areas, Wi-Fi zones, modern energy-efficient lighting and video surveillance, public toilets, bicycle parking and a navigation system with information signs in Russian, English and German.
About the Muse Artist sculpture. The prototype was artist Helena Neumann, who lived in Rauschen, the German name for Svetlogorsk, and was known for organising plein-air sessions for artists here. The cat figure beside the Muse sculpture recalls that the two dunes rising above the lake were formerly called Big and Little Cats. The cat sits on a frame decorated with lake water-lilies and oak leaves and watches the birds. The cat received the "tasty" name Marzipan thanks to a young local resident of Svetlogorsk.
