List of open-air and living museums

This is a list of open-air and living history museums by country.

Africa

Egypt

Luxor Upper Egypt
Memphis ruins
Karnak largest temple complex in the world

South Africa

Worcester Museum (Klein plasie open-air museum), Worcester Western Cape

Tunisia

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)

Asia

China

Indonesia

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

Israel and the Golan Heights

Japan

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

Malaysia

Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang
Japanese Village, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang
Monsopiad Cultural Village. Penampang, Sabah
Sarawak Cultural Village, Kuching, Sarawak
Taman Mini Malaysia & Asean (Malaysia and Asean Miniature Park), Ayer Keroh, Malacca
Taman Tamadun Islam (Islamic Civilization Park), Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu

Philippines

South Korea

Korean Folk Village, Yongin, Gyeonggi

Taiwan

Europe

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The wooden church in Drvengrad open-air museum, Serbia

Austria

Belgium

Open Air Museum Bokrijk, (Flanders), [1]
Bachten de Kupe (Itzenberge), (Flanders), [2]
Fourneau St Michel (Ardennes), (Wallonia), [3]

Bulgaria

Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex, Gabrovo

Czech Republic

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

Hanácký skanzen (Skanzen of Hanakia), Příkazy
Museum lidových staveb (Folk Buildings Museum), Kouřim
Polabské národopisné muzeum (Ethnographic Museum of the region of Polabí), Přerov nad Labem—the oldest skansen in Central and Eastern Europe
Skanzen Straznice skanzenstraznice.cz
Valašské národopisné muzeum (Wallachian Ethnographic Museum), Rožnov pod Radhoštěm http://www.vmp.cz/en/
Skanzen Vysoký Chlumec, (http://www.muzeum-pribram.cz/exhmpb/exmvs/exmvs.html)
Skanzen Veselý kopec - Soubor lidových staveb Vysočina, (Open-air museum Vysočina http://www.vesely-kopec.eu/en/)

Denmark

Land of legends (Sagnlandet Lejre), Lejre
The Middle Ages Center in Sundby a suburb of Nykøbing Falster
The Old Village, Hjerl Hede, Vinderup
The Old Town, Aarhus
Open Air Museum (Kongens Lyngby)
The Funen Village in the Fruens Bøge district of Odense
Glud Museum, near Horsens
Maribo Open-Air Museum

Estonia

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

Finland

France

Germany

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Roscheider Hof, Germany

Black Forest Open Air Museum, 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
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
Mödlareuth village, Bavaria and Thuringia
Oerlinghausen Archaeological Open-Air Museum, Oerlinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Ore Mountain Toy Museum, Seiffen, Saxony
Rhineland-Palatinate Open Air Museum 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, Illerbeuren, Bavaria
Winsen Museum Farm, Winsen (Aller), Lower Saxony

Georgia

Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi

Hungary

Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Szentendre [4]
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 [5]

Iceland

Árbæjarsafn

Ireland

Isle of Man

Cregneash - The first open-air museum in the British Isles

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Agatunet (see Norwegian language site Agatunet)
Bjørgan parsonage, Kvikne
Dølmotunet, Tolga (see Norwegian language site Nordøsterdalsmuseet)
Folldal Bygdetun - Uppigard Streitlien, Folldal (see Norwegian language site Folldal Gruver)
Folldal Gruver, Folldal (see Norwegian language site Nordøsterdalsmuseet)
Husantunet, Alvdal (see Norwegian language site Nordøsterdalsmuseet)
Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo
Maihaugen, Lillehammer
Os Museum - Oddentunet, Os (see Norwegian language site Nordøsterdalsmuseet)
Rendalen Bygdemuseum, Rendalen (see Norwegian language site Nordøsterdalsmuseet)
Trøndelag folkemuseum, Sverresborg, Trondheim
Tylldalen Bygdetun, Tylldalen (see Norwegian language site Nordøsterdalsmuseet)
Tynset Bygdemuseum, Tynset (see Norwegian language site Nordøsterdalsmuseet)
Vollan Gård, Kvikne (see Norwegian language site Vollan gård)

Poland

Romania

Russia

Architectural-ethnographic museum "Khokhlovka", Perm Krai

Serbia

Drvengrad (Mećavnik, Küstendorf), Mokra Gora (Zlatibor)
Staro selo (Old Village open-air museum), Sirogojno (Zlatibor)

Slovakia

Open-air museum in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia.

Banská Štiavnica
Bardejov
Čičmany
Humenné
Martin
Nitra
Pribylina
Stará Ľubovňa
Svidník
Vlkolínec
Vychylovka
Zuberec – Brestová

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ballenberg, Brienz

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

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
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
Murton Park / Yorkshire Museum of Farming in Murton, York
Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Rural Life Centre, Tilford, Surrey
Ryedale Folk Museum, North York Moors, North Yorkshire
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Sussex
West Yorkshire Folk Museum, in grounds of Shibden Hall, Halifax
Wimpole Home Farm, Cambridgeshire

Scotland

National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire
The Scottish Crannog Centre near Aberfeldy, Scotland, Loch Tay
Auchindrain – ner Inveraray, Argyll and Bute
The Gearrannan Blackhouses, isle of Lewis
The Skye Museum of Island Life, near Kilmuir, Skye, Isle of Skye,
Highland Folk Museum Newtonmore
Industrial open-air museum of New Lanark

Wales

St Fagans National History Museum, St Fagans, Cardiff

Northern Ireland

Ulster American Folk Park, Castleton, County Tyrone
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, County Down

North America

Canada

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Fortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

Barkerville, British Columbia
Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto, Ontario
Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada's Polish Kashub Heritage Museum & Skansen, Wilno, Ontario
Doon Heritage Village, Kitchener, 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
Heritage Park Historical Village, Calgary, Alberta
Kalyna Country, an ecomuseum
Kawartha Settlers' Village, Bobcaygeon, 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

United States

Oceania

Australia

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

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 1850's 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

Brazil

Living transportation museums

Brooklands in Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey, England (aviation and motorcar 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, 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, 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

Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
Revista Digital Nueva Museologia Latin American Theory
European Open-air Museums An extensive list of Open-air museums in Europe.
America's Outdoor History Museums
Photos from Museum of Folk Architecture and Life

Museum websites

Open Air Museum Bokrijk Leading open-air museum of Belgium, Flanders.
Přerov nad Labem open-air museum - photo gallery
Valachian Ethnographic Museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic
Hjerl Hede- An open-air museum in Denmark showing life from the early days until about 100 years ago.
The Old Town (Den Gamle By)- An open-air museum in Denmark showing urban life.
Jamtli – One of Sweden's largest and oldest regional open-air museums, in Östersund.
fr:Musée de plein air de Villeneuve-d'Ascq

[1] Musée de plein air des Maisons comtoises

[2] Hunebedcentrum

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