In 1962, the Provincial Council of Belgian Limburg decided to set up Dommelhof.
This infrastructure, designed by Alfons Hoppenbrouwers, included a theater, education and residence building.
Until the 1980s, content was mainly devoted to social-cultural education and experimental programming in the theater.
The platform for arthousecinema in Limburg, Zebracinema, also originated in Dommelhof.
In the forest there are 15 sound installation pieces by artists such as Pierre Berthet, Paul Panhuysen, Geert Jan Hobbijn (Staalplaat Soundsystem), Hans van Koolwijk, and others.