List of open-air and living history 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, Worcester Western Cape
- Sonskip / Aardskip earthship open-air museum, Orania Northern Cape
[Tunisia]
- Djerba.
- Matmata
- Oudhref, Governorate of Gabes
Asia
[China]
- Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum, Hong Kong
- Sam Tung Uk Museum, Hong Kong
- Xinye Village, Zhejiang
[Indonesia]
- Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
[Israel] and the [Golan Heights]
- Eretz Israel Museum
- Kfar Kedem
- Katzrin Ancient Village
- Nazareth Village
[Japan]
- Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, Tokyo
- Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Kanagawa
- Meiji Mura, Inuyama, Aichi
- Nihon Minka-en, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
- , Osaka
- Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village, Takayama, Gifu
- Kyodo no mori, Fuchū, Tokyo
- Sankeien, Naka Ward, Yokohama
- Shikoku Mura, Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture
[Malaysia]
- , Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
[Philippines]
- Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
[South Korea]
- Korean Folk Village, Yongin, Gyeonggi
[Taiwan]
- 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan, Taichung
- Ju Ming Museum, New Taipei
Europe
[Austria]
- , Stübing
- , Maria Saal
- Carnuntum, Petronell-Carnuntum
- Museums of Tyrolian Farmsteads, Kramsach
- Museumsdorf Niedersulz; Sulz im Weinviertel
- , Großgmain
[Belgium]
- Atlantic Wall open-air museum,
- Middelheim Museum, open-air museum for sculpture/sculpture park,
- , Alveringem, West Flanders
- Bokrijk open-air museum ,
- , Saint-Hubert
[Bulgaria]
- Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex, Gabrovo
[Czech Republic]
- , Příkazy
- :cs:Muzeum lidových staveb v Kouřimi| Museum of Folk Architecture in Kouřim, Kouřim
- , Přerov nad Labem— the oldest open air museum in Central and Eastern Europe
- , Strážnice
- , Vysoký Chlumec
- , Vysočina
- Wallachian Open Air Museum , Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
[Denmark]
- , near Horsens
- Land of legends, Lejre
- Maribo Open-Air Museum, Maribo
- Open Air Museum, Kongens_Lyngby
- The Funen Village in the Fruens Bøge district of Odense
- The Middle Ages Center in Sundby a suburb of Nykøbing Falster
- The Old Village, Hjerl Hede, Vinderup
- The Old Town - Den Gamle By, Aarhus
- Co-operative Village Nyvang, Andelslandsbyen Nyvang, Holbæk
[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]
- Luostarinmäki, Turku
- Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, Helsinki
- Telkkämäki Heritage Farm, Kaavi
- Turkansaari, Oulu
[France]
- Musée de plein air des maisons comtoises, Nancray, Doubs, Franche-Comté
- Musée de plein air de Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
- Ecomusée d'Alsace, Ungersheim
[Germany]
- Amerang Open Air Museum, Bavaria
- 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
- , 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, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Lower Bavarian Open-Air Museums, Finsterau and Massing
- Mödlareuth village, Bavaria and Thuringia
- , Oerlinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ore Mountain Toy Museum, Seiffen, Saxony
- Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen, Unteruhldingen, Baden-Württemberg
- , Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rischmannshof Heath Museum, Walsrode, Lower Saxony
- Roscheider Hof, Konz, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Slavic Village Passentin, near Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- , Illerbeuren, Bavaria
- Winsen Museum Farm, Winsen, Lower Saxony
Georgia">Georgia (country)">Georgia
- Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi
[Hungary]
- , Szentendre
- Szennai Szabadtéri Néprajzi Gyűjtemény, Szenna
- Göcseji Falumúzeum, Zalaegerszeg
- Őrségi Népi Műemlékegyüttes, Szalafő-
- Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Ópusztaszer
- Sóstói Múzeumfalu, Nyíregyháza
- Vasi Múzeumfalu, Szombathely
- Hollókői Falumúzeum, Hollókő
- Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Nagyvázsony
- Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Tihany
- Emese Várispánság Szigethalom
[Iceland]
- Árbæjarsafn
[Ireland]
- Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, County Clare
- Connemara Heritage & History Centre
- Kerry Bog Village
- Ulster american folk park
[Isle of Man]
- Cregneash - The first open-air museum in the British Isles
[Italy]
- Museo a Cielo Aperto Ulàssai
- Museodiffuso
- Open Air Museum Ulàssai
- Poggibonsi Archaeodrome - Open Air Museum
- Bostel di Rotzo - Castelletto di Rotzo, Vicenza
[Latvia]
- The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
[Lithuania]
- Europos Parkas – museum of worlds contemporary art set in nature
- Rumšiškės open-air ethnographic museum
Moldova">Republic of Moldova">Moldova
- , Chișinău
[Netherlands]
- Dutch Open Air Museum - Arnhem, Gelderland
- Archeon - Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland
- :nl:De Spitkeet|De Spitkeet - Harkema, Friesland
- :nl:Limburgs Openluchtmuseum Eynderhoof| Limburgs Openluchtmuseum Eynderhoof - Nederweert-Eind, Limburg
- :nl:Eindhoven Museum|Eindhoven Museum - Eindhoven, North Brabant
- :nl:Hunebedcentrum|Hunebedcentrum - Borger, Drenthe
- Museum Village Orvelte - Orvelte, Drenthe
- Openluchtmuseum De Duinhuisjes - Rockanje, South Holland
- Ellert en Brammert - Schoonoord, Drenthe
- :nl:Erve Kots|Erve Kots - Lievelde, Gelderland
- :nl:Openluchtmuseum Het Hoogeland |Openluchtmuseum Het Hoogeland - Warffum, Groningen
- :nl:It Damshûs|It Damshûs - Nij Beets, Friesland
- :nl:Openluchtmuseum Ootmarsum|Openluchtmuseum Ootmarsum - Ootmarsum Overijssel
- :nl:Van Gogh Village Nuenen|Van Gogh Village Nuenen - Nuenen North Brabant
- Zaanse Schans - Zaandam, North Holland
- Zuiderzee Museum - Enkhuizen, North Holland
[North Macedonia]
- Tumba Madžari
[Norway]
- Agatunet
- Bjørgan parsonage, Kvikne
- Dølmotunet, Tolga
- , Folldal
- Folldal Gruver, Folldal
- Husantunet, Alvdal
- Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, Oslo
- Maihaugen, Lillehammer
- Os Museum - Oddentunet, Os
- Romsdal Museum, Molde
- Rendalen Village Museum, Rendalen
- Trøndelag folkemuseum, Sverresborg, Trondheim
- Tylldalen Bygdetun, Tylldalen
- Tynset Bygdemuseum, Tynset
- Vest-Agder Museum, Kristiansand
- Vollan Gård, Kvikne
[Poland]
- Biskupin Archaeological Museum, about 90 kilometres northeast of Poznań
- , Owidz
- Ethnographic open-air museum in Sanok, Sanok
- , Olsztynek
- Kashubian Ethnographic Park, Wdzydze Kiszewskie
- , Kłóbka
- , Kluki
- , Kolbuszowa
- , Ochla, Lubusz Voivodeship
- Muzeum Kultury Ludowej, Osiek nad Notecią
- :pl:Muzeum Wsi Lubelskiej w Lublinie|Muzeum Wsi Lubelskiej w Lublinie, Lublin
- :pl:Muzeum Wsi Mazowieckiej w Sierpcu|Muzeum Wsi Mazowieckiej w Sierpcu, Sierpc
- :pl:Muzeum Wsi Radomskiej w Radomiu|Muzeum Wsi Radomskiej w Radomiu, Radom
- :pl:Nadwiślański Park Etnograficzny|Nadwiślański Park Etnograficzny, Wygiełzów
- Open-air Museum of the Łódź Wooden Architecture
- :pl:Orawski Park Etnograficzny w Zubrzycy G%C3%B3rnej|Orawski Park Etnograficzny, Zubrzyca Górna
- Podlaskie Museum of Folk Culture, Wasilków
- , Wolsztyn
- , Russów
- Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park, Chorzów
- :pl:Wielkopolski Park Etnograficzny w Dziekanowicach| Ethnographic park of Dziekanowice, Dziekanowice
- Railway Museum Chabowka, Chabówka Rolling-Stock Heritage Park "Skansen", :pl:Chabówka|Chabowka
- The Sądecki Ethnographic Park, Nowy Sącz
- , Opole
[Romania]
- 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
- - Muzeul Satului din Baia Mare, Baia Mare
- - 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
- - Virtual Museum of Ethnographical Monuments in Romanian Open Air Museums
- , Golești
[Russia]
- Gornokyazevsk
- Architectural-ethnographic museum "Khokhlovka", Perm
- Kizhi, Kizhi island
- Kolomenskoye, Moscow
- Museum of wooden architecture and folk art "Malye Korely", Arkhangelsk
- Semenkovo http://www.semenkovo.ru
- , Khanty-Mansiysk
- , Veliky Novgorod
- , Khanty-Muzhi, Shuryshkarsky District
[Serbia]
- Drvengrad, Mokra Gora
- Staro selo, Sirogojno
[Slovakia]
- Banská Štiavnica
- Bardejov
- Humenné
- Kysuce Village Museum, Nova Bystrica
- Museum of folk architecture, Čičmany
- Museum of Liptov Village, Pribylina
- Museum of the Slovak Village, Múzeum Slovenskej Dediny, Martin
- , Nitra
- Stará Ľubovňa
- Svidník
- Vlkolínec
- Zuberec – Brestová, Orava Village Museum
[Slovenia]
- Piran
- Rogatec
- Velika Planina
[Spain]
- Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares, Alcalá de Henares
- , Porqueres
- Poble Espanyol, Barcelona
- Numantia,, Garray, Soria
[Sweden]
- Jamtli, Östersund
- ,
- Kulturen, Lund
- Kulturens Östarp, Östarp
- Skansen, Stockholm
- Foteviken Museum, Höllviken
[Switzerland]
- Ballenberg, Brienz
[Turkey]
- Ihlara
- Derinkuyu Underground City
- Kaymaklı Underground City
- Göreme
- Ürgüp
[Ukraine]
- Baturyn Fortress Citadel, Baturyn
- Mamayeva Sloboda Cossack village Museum, Kiev
- Open-air Museum of Architecture and Ethnography in Pyrohiv, Kiev
- Museum of Folk Architecture and Culture,, Lviv
- Museum of Folk Life and Architecture, Pereiaslav
- National Reserve Khortytsia, :nl:Zaporizja|Zaporizja
- , Kolochava
[United Kingdom]
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
- Rural Life Centre, 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
- National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Crannog Centre at Loch Tay, Perth and Kinross
- Auchindrain – near Inveraray, Argyll and Bute
- The Gearrannan Blackhouses, Isle of Lewis
- Skye Museum of Island Life, near Kilmuir, 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]
- 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
- Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene, 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, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Highland Village Museum, Iona, 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
- Pickering Museum Village, Pickering, 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
- Miles Historical Village and Museum, Miles, Queensland
- , Tailem Bend, South Australia
- , 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
[Argentina]
- Caminito
[Brazil]
- Museu ao ar livre de Orleans
- Inhotim
Suriname
- Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Living transportation museums
- Brooklands in Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey, England
- Çamlık Railway Museum in Çamlık, Turkey
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park from Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad from Chama, New Mexico to Antonito, Colorado
- Danish Tramway Museum in Skjoldenæsholm, Denmark
- Delta Queen travels along the Mississippi River and tributaries
- Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven, Germany
- Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts
- Hiroshima City Transportation Museum in Hiroshima, Japan
- Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut
- National Tramway Museum in Derbyshire, England
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York
- Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California
- Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine
- Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire, England
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja near Żnin
- Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Valley Railroad Company in Essex, Connecticut
- White Pass and Yukon Route from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway in Alna, Maine
- , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ecological and environmental living museums
- California Living Museum, Bakersfield, California, United States
- Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, Virginia, United States
- Nonsuch Island Living Museum, Bermuda
- , Penang, Malaysia
- Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario, Canada