Touching is encouraged here: whether a historic farmhouse or Roman amphitheatre, the buildings in the open-air museums are not just backdrops, but walk-in replicas in their original design that invite you to take an exciting journey through time. For example, children and adults can use a washboard and tamper to find out for themselves how labour-intensive washing clothes once was, cook with a museum farmer's wife according to old recipes from the herb and vegetable garden or get to know and try out elements of Roman hydraulic engineering on a water playground. Whether travelling back to the 19th century or to the time before the birth of Christ, whether on the Rhine, Ruhr or at the foot of the Teutoburg Forest: in the open-air museums in NRW, the life of people in the past is not just theory.
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Tourismus NRW e.V., M. Hulisz, The LVR-RömerMuseum is the heart of the LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten Xanten Open todayLearn moreDiscover the fascinating world of the Romans at the LVR-RömerMuseum and immerse yourself in history. - Freilichtmuseum Lindlar (open air museum)
Tourismus NRW e.V., The forge in the LVR open-air museum in Lindlar in the Bergisches Land region Lindlar Learn moreExperience Bergisch history, craftsmanship, farm work and ecology up close in beautiful natural surroundings. - LVR-Freilichtmuseum Kommern
Tourismus NRW e.V., This museum is alive: the Eifel House in the LVR Open-Air Museum Kommern Mechernich Learn moreHistory comes to life at the LVR open-air museum in Kommern: Chickens run around between the houses and peck at the ground, cattle graze peacefully in the pasture and the smell of fresh bread wafts from the bakery. Visitors can wander through five different building groups and their buildings. The journey through time in the Rhineland begins at the end of the 15th century and ends in the 20th century. Exhibitions and various festivals and markets, such as the Anno Dazumal fair, round off the museum experience. - LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold
Tourismus NRW e.V., The LWL Open-Air Museum Detmold is one of the largest open-air museums in Germany. It comprises 120 historic buildings, some of which are half-timbered gems - LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen
Tourismus NRW e.V., Work goes on every day in a number of workshops at the Hagen Museum Hagen Open todayLearn moreThe LWL open-air museum in Hagen is one of the few purely technical museums in Germany. The LWL Open-Air Museum combines sensory experience with knowledge acquisition. The museum offers you an insight into the crafts and technology of the 18th and 19th centuries, making it one of the few purely technical museums in Germany. Various trades from the fields of iron, printing and paper, wood, stone, ceramics and glass, food and luxury foods as well as fibers, leather and hides have been faithfully reconstructed in half-timbered houses.
