List of open-air and living history museums
This is a list of open-air and living history museums by country.
Africa
Pilgrim's Rest , Mpumalaga Province
Worcester Museum (Klein plasie open-air museum), Worcester Western Cape
Sonskip / Aardskip earthship open-air museum, Orania Northern Cape
Djerba (Djerbahood ).
Matmata (Open-Air Museum of "Troglodyte" houses), Governorate of Gabes, south part of Tunisia, the whole village registered by UNESCO World Heritage, today is maintained by the Association of the Cultural Protection of Matmata)
Oudhref (Open-air village museum), Governorate of Gabes
Asia
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum , Tokyo
Hakone Open-Air Museum , Hakone, Kanagawa
Meiji Mura , Inuyama, Aichi
Nihon Minka-en (Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum), Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses , Osaka
Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village , Takayama, Gifu
Kyodo no mori , Fuchū , Tokyo
Sankeien , Naka Ward , Yokohama
Shikoku Mura , Takamatsu , Kagawa Prefecture
Historical Village of Hokkaido (Hokkaidō Kaitaku no Mura ), Sapporo , Hokkaido
Europe
The wooden church in Drvengrad open-air museum, Serbia
Old Bohemian House in Přerov nad Labem, Czech Republic – the first open-air museum in Central and Eastern Europe (1895) founded by Archduke Ludwig Salvator
Estonian Open Air Museum , Tallinn
Mahtra Peasant Museum , Mahtra , Juuru Parish , Rapla County
Mihkli Farm Museum, Viki , Kihelkonna Parish , Saare County
Mõniste Peasant Museum, Kuutsi , Mõniste Parish , Võru County
Põlva Peasant Museum, Karilatsi , Kõlleste Parish , Põlva County
Viimsi Open Air Museum , Pringi , Viimsi Parish ; near Tallinn
Roscheider Hof, Germany
Bauernhausmuseum Amerang (Amerang Open Air Museum), Bavaria
Rüdersdorf Museum Park [2] , Brandenburg
Bavarian Forest Museum Village , Tittling
Black Forest Open Air Museum "Vogtsbauernhof" , Gutach , Baden-Württemberg
Campus Galli medieval town with Carolingian monastery, Meßkirch , Baden-Württemberg
Dat ole Huus , Wilsede , Lower Saxony
Detmold Open-air Museum , Detmold , North Rhine-Westphalia
Düppel museum village, Berlin
Freilichtmuseum Glentleiten|Glentleiten Open Air Museum , Bavaria
Groß Raden Archaeological Open Air Museum , nr Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Hagen Open-air Museum , Hagen , North Rhine-Westphalia
Hessenpark , Neu-Anspach , Hesse
Hitzacker Archaeological Centre , Hitzacker , Lower Saxony
Hösseringen Museum Village , Hösseringen , Lower Saxony
International Wind- and Watermill Museum , Gifhorn , Lower Saxony
Kommern Open-air Museum , Mechernich , North Rhine-Westphalia
Lindlar Open-air Museum , Lindlar , North Rhine-Westphalia
Lower Bavarian Open-Air Museums , Finsterau and Massing
Mödlareuth village, Bavaria and Thuringia
Oerlinghausen Archaeological Open-Air Museum (Das Archäologische Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen) , Oerlinghausen , North Rhine-Westphalia
Ore Mountain Toy Museum , Seiffen , Saxony
Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen , Unteruhldingen , Baden-Württemberg
Rhineland-Palatinate Open Air Museum Bad Sobernheim (Rheinland-Pfälzisches Freilichtmuseum Bad Sobernheim) , Bad Sobernheim , Rhineland-Palatinate
Rischmannshof Heath Museum , Walsrode , Lower Saxony
Roscheider Hof , Konz , Rhineland-Palatinate
Slavic Village Passentin , near Neubrandenburg , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Swabian Farm Museum ( Schwäbisches Bauernhofmuseum Illerbeuren) , Illerbeuren, Bavaria
Winsen Museum Farm , Winsen (Aller) , Lower Saxony
Hungarian open air museum (Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum) , Szentendre
Szennai Szabadtéri Néprajzi Gyűjtemény, Szenna
Göcseji Falumúzeum, Zalaegerszeg
Őrségi Népi Műemlékegyüttes, Szalafő -(Pityerszer)
Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Ópusztaszer
Sóstói Múzeumfalu, Nyíregyháza
Vasi Múzeumfalu, Szombathely
Hollókői Falumúzeum, Hollókő
Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Nagyvázsony
Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Tihany
Emese Várispánság Szigethalom [3]
Cregneash - The first open-air museum in the British Isles
Museo a Cielo Aperto Ulàssai (Open-Air Museum Ulàssai)
Museodiffuso
Poggibonsi Archaeodrome - Open Air Museum
Bostel di Rotzo - Castelletto di Rotzo, Vicenza
A threshing barn built in 1730 in Rizgas, Vestiena Parish , Vidzeme and the first building to be transported and re-assembled at The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia in 1928
Dutch Open Air Museum
Dutch Open Air Museum - Arnhem , Gelderland
Archeon - Alphen aan den Rijn , South Holland
De Spitkeet - Harkema , Friesland
Limburgs Openluchtmuseum Eynderhoof - Nederweert-Eind , Limburg
Eindhoven Museum - Eindhoven , North Brabant
Hunebedcentrum [ 2] - Borger , Drenthe
Museum Village Orvelte - Orvelte , Drenthe
Openluchtmuseum De Duinhuisjes - Rockanje , South Holland
Ellert en Brammert - Schoonoord , Drenthe
Erve Kots - Lievelde , Gelderland
Openluchtmuseum Het Hoogeland - Warffum , Groningen
It Damshûs - Nij Beets , Friesland
Openluchtmuseum Ootmarsum - Ootmarsum Overijssel
Van Gogh Village Nuenen - Nuenen North Brabant
Zaanse Schans - Zaandam , North Holland
Zuiderzee Museum - Enkhuizen , North Holland
Setesdalstunet, Vest-Agder Museum in Kristiansand
Agatunet (see Norwegian language site Agatunet )
Bjørgan parsonage , Kvikne
Dølmotunet, Tolga (see North Østerdalen Museums )
Folldal Bygdetun - Uppigard Streitlien , Folldal (see North Østerdalen Museums )
Folldal Gruver, Folldal (see Norwegian language site Folldal Gruver )
The Heiberg Collection , Kaupanger (see Norwegian language site De Heibergske Samlinger )
Husantunet, Alvdal (see North Østerdalen Museums )
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History , Oslo
Maihaugen , Lillehammer
Os Museum - Oddentunet, Os (see North Østerdalen Museums )
Romsdal Museum , Molde
Rendalen Village Museum , Rendalen (see North Østerdalen Museums )
Trøndelag folkemuseum, Sverresborg, Trondheim
Tylldalen Bygdetun, Tylldalen (see North Østerdalen Museums )
Tynset Bygdemuseum, Tynset (see North Østerdalen Museums )
Vest-Agder Museum , Kristiansand
Vollan Gård, Kvikne (see Norwegian language site Vollan gård )
Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park, Poland
Biskupin Archaeological Museum (Muzeum Archeologiczne w Biskupinie) , about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northeast of Poznań
Grodzisko Owidz|reconstruction of early medieval Slavic wooden stronghold , Owidz
Ethnographic open-air museum in Sanok (Muzeum Budownictwa Ludowego w Sanoku) , Sanok
Folk Architecture Museum (Park Etnograficzny w Olsztynku) , Olsztynek
Kashubian Ethnographic Park (Kaszubski Park Etnograficzny) , Wdzydze Kiszewskie
Kujawy and Dobrzyń Land Ethnographic Park , Kłóbka
Museum of the Slovincian Village , Kluki
Muzeum Kultury Ludowej w Kolbuszowej , Kolbuszowa
Muzeum Etnograficzny w Zielonej Górze z siedzibą w Ochlii , Ochla, Lubusz Voivodeship
Muzeum Kultury Ludowej, Osiek nad Notecią
Muzeum Wsi Lubelskiej w Lublinie , Lublin
Muzeum Wsi Mazowieckiej w Sierpcu , Sierpc
Muzeum Wsi Radomskiej w Radomiu , Radom
Nadwiślański Park Etnograficzny , Wygiełzów
Open-air Museum of the Łódź Wooden Architecture
Orawski Park Etnograficzny , Zubrzyca Górna
Podlaskie Museum of Folk Culture , Wasilków
Skansen Budownictwa Ludowego Zachodniej Wielkopolski , Wolsztyn
Skansen Etnograficzny w Russowie , Russów
Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park , Chorzów
Ethnographic park of Dziekanowice , Dziekanowice [4]
Railway Museum Chabowka, Chabówka Rolling-Stock Heritage Park "Skansen", Chabowka
The Sądecki Ethnographic Park , Nowy Sącz
The Opole Open-Air Museum of Rural Architecture , Opole
ASTRA National Museum Complex , Sibiu
Reșița Steam Locomotive Museum , Reșița
Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography , Cluj-Napoca
Village Museum "Dimitrie Gusti" - Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti", Bucharest
Banat Village Museum - Muzeul Satului Bănățean, Timișoara , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banat_Village_Museum , https://muzeulsatuluibanatean.ro/
Museum of folk art and ethnography - Muzeul Satului din Baia Mare, Baia Mare
Village Museum - Muzeul Satului Petrești Vrancea, Petrești Vrancea
Museum "Haszmann Pál", Cernatu de Sus
Museum of folk architecture - Muzeul Arhitecturii Populare, Gorj
Ethnographic museum - Muzeul Etnografic, Reghin
Maramureș Village Museum, Sighetu Marmației
Bucovina Village Museum - Muzeul Satului Bucovinean, Suceava
Ednomon - Virtual Museum of Ethnographical Monuments in Romanian Open Air Museums
Goleşti Viticulture And Tree Growing Museum , Golești
Architectural-ethnographic museum "Khokhlovka ", Perm Krai
Open-air museum in Stará Ľubovňa , Slovakia .
Torekällberget Södertälje
Baturyn Fortress Citadel , Baturyn
Mamayeva Sloboda Cossack village Museum, Kyiv
Open-air Museum of Architecture and Ethnography in Pyrohiv , Kyiv
Museum of Folk Architecture and Culture, (see Kryvka Church ), Lviv
Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, Uzhhorod
Museum of Folk Life and Architecture, Pereiaslav
National Reserve Khortytsia , Zaporizja
Museum "Old Village" , Kolochava
Historical and ethnographic museum, Sarny
Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, Chernivtsi
England
Anne of Cleves House , Lewes
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings , Worcestershire
Amberley Working Museum , Amberley, West Sussex
Beamish, North of England Open Air Museum , Beamish, County Durham
Black Country Living Museum , Dudley , West Midlands
Blists Hill Victorian Town , Telford , Shropshire
Butser Ancient Farm , Chalton, Hampshire
Chiltern Open Air Museum , Chalfont St. Giles , Buckinghamshire
Church Farm Museum , Agricultural museum and collection of indigenous buildings, Skegness
Cogges Manor Farm Museum , Witney , Oxfordshire
Little Woodham , Gosport , Hampshire
Manor Farm Country Park , Bursledon , Hampshire
Milestones Museum , Basingstoke, Hampshire
Morwellham Quay , Devon
Murton Park / Yorkshire Museum of Farming in Murton , York
Museum of East Anglian Life , Stowmarket , Suffolk
National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Rural Life Living Museum , Tilford , Surrey
Ryedale Folk Museum , North York Moors , North Yorkshire
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum , Sussex
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village , Suffolk
West Yorkshire Folk Museum, in grounds of Shibden Hall , Halifax
Wimpole Home Farm , Cambridgeshire
York Castle Museum , York
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
North America
Fortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
Barkerville, British Columbia
Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan , Ontario
Black Creek Pioneer Village , Toronto , Ontario
Bronte Creek Provincial Park (Spruce Lane Farmhouse), Oakville, Ontario
Burnaby Village Museum , Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada's Polish Kashub Heritage Museum & Skansen, Wilno, Ontario
Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene , Ontario
Doon Heritage Village , Kitchener, Ontario
Fanshawe Pioneer Village , London, Ontario
Fort Henry, Ontario
Fort Edmonton Park , Edmonton , Alberta
Fort Langley National Historic Site , Fort Langley, British Columbia
Fortress of Louisbourg , Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
Fort William Historical Park , Thunder Bay , Ontario
Fort York , Toronto , Ontario
Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums
Halifax Citadel National Historic Site of Canada (Citadel Hill ), Halifax, Nova Scotia
Highland Village Museum , Iona, Nova Scotia
Heritage Park Historical Village , Calgary , Alberta
Kalyna Country , an ecomuseum
Kawartha Settlers' Village, Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Lang Pioneer Village Museum , Peterborough, Ontario
Muskoka Heritage Place, Huntsville, Ontario
Kings Landing Historical Settlement , Prince William, New Brunswick
Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site, Selkirk, Manitoba
Markham Museum , Markham, Ontario
Mennonite Heritage Village , Steinbach, Manitoba
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons , Midland, Ontario
Sherbrooke Village , Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village , Alberta
Upper Canada Village , Morrisburg, Ontario
Village Historique Acadien , Caraquet, New Brunswick
Village Québécois d'Antan , Drummondville , Quebec
West Coast Railway Heritage Park , Squamish , British Columbia
Westfield Heritage Village , Rockton, Ontario
Pickering Museum Village, Pickering, Ontario
Oceania
The Pioneer Settlement , Swan Hill, Victoria , Australia's First Open Air Museum, opened 1966.
Old Gippstown , Moe, Victoria opened 1973
Port Arthur, Tasmania
Sovereign Hill , Ballarat, Victoria
Millewa Pioneer Forest and Historical Village, Meringur, Victoria
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, Warrnambool, Victoria
Old Sydney Town , Somersby, New South Wales (now closed)
Miles Historical Village and Museum , Miles, Queensland
Old Tailem Town Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine , Tailem Bend, South Australia
Australiana Pioneer Village Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine , Wilberforce, NSW
New Zealand
Ferrymead, Christchurch a recreation of a 1900 -1920 settlement in Canterbury, complete with homes, stores, shops and working steam trains
Howick Colonial Village, Auckland, an authentic 1850s Fencible village featuring old homes, stores and community halls. There is also occasional re creation days with volunteers in period dress
Shantytown, Greymouth, a Historic them park opened in 1971 dedicated to the 1860s to 1900s Gold rush on the West Coast. The sheltered location includes several old time stores, printing press and a small model train that goes into a gully, you can also pan for Gold and take it home with you.
Thames and Coromandel, this scenic region outside and near Auckland features several working mine attractions, museums and historic stores dedicated to the late 19th century gold boom in the Coromandel. Thames has several old mines, the Pump Museum and School of Mines, the Karangahake gorge features historic relics in a scenic walk and Waihi and Coromandel townships also preserve their God Rush heritage.
Gibbs Farm - private outdoor sculpture garden developed by Alan Gibbs . Located on North Island.
South America
Suriname
Living transportation museums
Brooklands in Weybridge , Elmbridge , Surrey , England (aviation and motorcar museum)
Çamlık Railway Museum (Çamlık Tren Müzesi) in Çamlık, Turkey (railway museum)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park from Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland (heritage canal)
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad from Chama, New Mexico to Antonito, Colorado (heritage railway)
Danish Tramway Museum (Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm) in Skjoldenæsholm, Denmark
Delta Queen travels along the Mississippi River and tributaries (heritage river steamboat)
Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven , Germany (maritime museum)
Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts (heritage railway)
Hiroshima City Transportation Museum in Hiroshima , Japan (street railway museum)
Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut (maritime museum)
National Tramway Museum in Derbyshire , England (heritage street railway)
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York (aviation museum)
Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio (along the former Ohio & Erie Canal , nearby Monticello III canal boat )
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park , San Francisco, California (includes a fleet of historic vessels)
Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine (heritage railway)
Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire, England (aviation museum)
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja near Żnin
Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna in Kościerzyna , Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland (heritage railway)
Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania (heritage railway)
Valley Railroad Company in Essex, Connecticut (heritage railway)
White Pass and Yukon Route from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon (heritage railway)
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway in Alna, Maine (heritage railway)
Royal Malaysian Air Force Museum Archived 2016-06-24 at the Wayback Machine , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia (military aviation)
Ecological and environmental living museums
Some ecological living museums are zoos
California Living Museum , Bakersfield, California , United States
Virginia Living Museum , Newport News, Virginia , United States
Nonsuch Island Living Museum, Bermuda
Penang Forestry Museum , Penang , Malaysia
Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario , Canada
References
External links
Museum websites