List of open-air and living history museums

This is a list of open-air and living history museums by country.

Africa

  • Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalaga Province
  • Worcester Museum (Klein plasie open-air museum), Worcester Western Cape
  • Sonskip / Aardskip earthship open-air museum, Orania Northern Cape
  • Djerba (Djerbahood).
  • Matmata (Open-Air Museum of "Troglodyte" houses), Governorate of Gabes, south part of Tunisia, the whole village registered by UNESCO World Heritage, today is maintained by the Association of the Cultural Protection of Matmata)
  • Oudhref (Open-air village museum), Governorate of Gabes

Asia

Europe

  • Cregneash - The first open-air museum in the British Isles
  • Museo a Cielo Aperto Ulàssai (Open-Air Museum Ulàssai)
  • Museodiffuso
  • Poggibonsi Archaeodrome - Open Air Museum
  • Bostel di Rotzo - Castelletto di Rotzo, Vicenza

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

North America

Oceania

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

Suriname

Living transportation museums

Ecological and environmental living museums

Some ecological living museums are zoos

References

  1. ^ Musée de plein air des Maisons comtoises
  2. ^ "Poul-Fetan - Le parc village Breton à vivre... en 1850 ! | Site touristique à visiter en Bretagne dans le Morbihan à Quistinic". www.poul-fetan.bzh. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ^ Hunebedcentrum
  4. ^ "Gamla Linköping". www.gamlalinkoping.info. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
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