The forge in the LVR open-air museum in Lindlar in the Bergisches Land region
Tourismus NRW e.V., The forge in the LVR open-air museum in Lindlar in the Bergisches Land region

Freilichtmuseum Lindlar (open air museum)

Lindlar

Idyllically nestled in hilly meadows and fields, you will find original mountain houses, dismantled in their original location and lovingly rebuilt in the open-air museum.
Whether it's a farm, ropemaker's workshop or blacksmith's shop - you can watch or help out everywhere. And in between, take a relaxing walk through the beautiful countryside. Watch a farmer working the field with a plough - just like in the old days - or sit down on the grass for a picnic.
The museum restaurant "Lingenbacher Hof" also offers traditional and regional dishes in a cozy atmosphere and a great beer garden.

There's something going on at the LVR Open-Air Museum Lindlar all year round. In addition to numerous events, the following program offers await you in the areas of crafts, everyday life in the mountains, nature, animals and creativity.

  • Museum hostel at Gut Dahl
  • Children's birthday parties
  • Company outings
  • Museum play
  • Ecological seminars

A BELKAW charging station for e-bikes is also available.

Report on the LVR Open-Air Museum Lindlar in the Vareo blog.

Admission-free day for all:
1st Friday of the month. Applies to the permanent exhibition only, does not apply to special exhibitions and events.

Make yourself a culture pack!

Recognising today in yesterday

At the Lindlar Open-Air Museum, you embark on an exciting journey through time that takes you back to the 19th century. Every historic building here tells its own individual story.

  • The small community of Lindlar is located in the heart of the Bergisches Land region.
  • At the Lindlar Open-Air Museum, you embark on an exciting journey through time that takes you back to the 19th century. Every historic building here tells its own individual story. You can look over the shoulders of traditional craftsmen such as weavers, ropemakers and saddlers and work up a sweat in the blacksmith's workshop. In the small-scale fields, you will experience the agriculture of the past, which offers an exciting contrast to the cultural landscape of the Bergisches Land today.
  • In a newly opened building group, you can take a seat in the parlour of a forester's family and learn interesting facts about the current topic of "Climate - Forest - Wood".
  • In the Lingenbacher Hof museum restaurant, you can enjoy traditional and regional dishes in a cosy atmosphere.
  • Excursion tip: You'll only find this in the Bergisches Land. Enjoy a Bergisch coffee table in the Zinnober coffee house near the Agger with everything that goes with it: white bread and pumpernickel, jam and honey, apple compote and red fruit jelly, sausage and meat - and of course coffee.
  • Overnight tip: Hotel Artgenossen or Hotel "Zum Holländer" in the centre of Lindlar with its picturesque town centre.

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