The Museums

The Open-Air Museum

About 60 buildings from all over the Rhineland - residential buildings, farmyards, windmills, workshops, but also village community buildings such as a school and bakery, a dance hall and a chapel - have been reerected in the museum. 
Most of the buildings were reconstructed in their 'original' condition after being moved. The oldest buildings date from the 16th century. On the other hand, furnishings show the economic and living conditions of the 19th and early 20th century. Meanwhile more recent periods, e.g. the 1930's, have been chosen for reconstruction.
The buildings are arranged in four groups, set in gardens, fields and orchards, which reflect the old settlements of their respective regions.