The Old Town, Denmark:
The Old Town in Aarhus, Denmark is an open-air village museum consisting of 75 historical buildings collected from 20 townships in all parts of the country. In 1914 the museum opened for the first time as the worlds’ first open-air museum of its kind and till this day it remains one of just a few top rated Danish museums outside Copenhagen serving some 3.5 million visitors per year.
The Funen Village, Denmark:
The Funen Village is an open-air museum that presents a Funen Village milieu as it could have appeared in the time of Hans Christian Andersen. The museum includes some thirty buildings dating from the 17th to the 19th century, all of which were moved to The Funen Village from various sites in the Funen region. A village milieu has been created here comprising half-timbered houses, flower gardens, fenced enclosures, livestock and animals, a village pond and a village street – all surrounded by cultivated fields.
Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex:
The Ethnographic museum Etar is the first open air museum of this kind opened in Bulgaria. It was established on September 7th, 1964. The museum is situated 8 km South of the town of Gabrovo. It spans over an area of 7 ha and contains a total of 50 objects, including water installations and houses with craftsmen's workshops attached. As a whole, the complex's goal is to illustrate the architecture, way of life and economy of Gabrovo and the region during the Bulgarian National Revival.
Kulturen is a museum in Lund, Sweden, founded in 1882. The complete name of the museum is Kulturhistoriska föreningen för södra Sverige. It was founded by Georg J:son Karlin who also was the manager until 1933. Karlin saw the old farming society disappear and wanted to preserve its buildings, tools, furniture and clothes to the future. His work has resulted in a huge and unique collection of more than two million items. Kulturen is the second-oldest open air museum in Sweden.
Norsk Folkemuseum, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History at Bygdøy in Oslo, has a large open air museum. It was established in 1894 and contains 155 buildings which have been relocated from different districts of Norway.
Among its more significant buildings are Gol stave church from the 13th century, Raulandstua from the 14th century, and the 18th century tenement building relocated from Wessels gate 15 in Oslo.
Maihaugen is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Lillehammer. The founder Anders Sandvig collected old houses and farmyards from Gudbrandsdal to sample Norwegian culture and history in this out- and indoor museum.
Maihaugen tells the history of how people have been living in the valley of Gudbrandsdalen from the Middle Ages until today.
Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum is situated in Konz, Germany, 8 km west of Trier and 30 km east of Luxembourg. It is a museum for rural cultural history in northwest Rhineland Palatinate and the German-Luxembourg-Lorraine border region. The sponsoring organisation for the museum since its foundation has been the registered, non-profit association founded in 1973, "Volkskunde- und Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof, Konz e.V." with over 1000 members in 2007. The museum is financed by membership fees, entrance charges, subsidies and donations.
A visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg (Canada) — the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America — is a series of experiences that set a mood. Ramparts, streets, households and interpreters help to create the look, texture and mood of another century. Cannons on stone ramparts, a busy waterfront tavern and the crackling of a kitchen fire all tell how people of a different age lived and worked.
Experience the story of America's beginnings at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Through film, artifact-filled galleries and outdoor living history, these museums engage visitors in nearly two centuries of our nation's history - from the founding of America's first permanent English settlement in 1607 to the decisive Revolutionary War victory in 1781 and implementation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum:
Set in 50 acres of beautiful Sussex countryside is a very special place to wander amongst a fascinating collection of nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the 13th to the 19th century, many with period gardens, together with farm animals, woodland walks and a picturesque lake.
Wychurst is the name of a project by Regia Anglorum, the U.K’s leading early mediaeval living history society, to construct a late Saxon (10/11th Century) manorial estate.
The project began in February 1999 with research and the acquiring of planning permission for phase one, as well as the purchase of the land. The land purchase was completed on 3rd August 2000 and construction began in May 2001.
St Fagans is one of Europe's foremost open–air museums and Wales's most popular heritage attraction. It stands in the grounds of the magnificent St Fagans Castle, a late 16th-century manor house donated to the people of Wales by the Earl of Plymouth. During the last fifty years, over forty original buildings from different historical periods have been re-erected in the 100-acre parkland.
Open air museum of rural architecture, Bokrijk, Belgium. A number of important examples of rural architecture in Belgium have been preserved and moved to an open air museum at Bokrijk (near Hasselt). Several of these have had their external wall coverings removed so that one can see the structure of their frames. Iron nails were seldom used. Posts and beams were joined with mortise and tenon joints, which were pegged with wooden dowels.
Noyers-sur-Serein:
There are half-timbered houses, ashlars, pillars and pinnacles. There are a lot of lanes and small squares made of chalky and granitic pavements. There are towers surrounded by the river Serein loops. This is why "Noyers la Médiévale" is called "one of the most beautiful villages of France".
During the day or night, while walking along the main street, no one would be surprised to see riders, peasants, burghers or scholars passing by. No one would be surprised to cross the funny face of a Burgundian of yesteryear. It would be easy to hear a minstrel’s song coming out of one of the eighteen towers standing along the ramparts.
