AEOM currently affiliates more than 60 open-air museums from 22 European countries.
These institutions vary in size, scope, internal organisation and focus – from large national museums to small regional ones. What they share are common themes, working methods, and a specific environment that requires tailored approaches to museum work.
AUSTRIA
Austrian Open-Air Museum Stübing / Österreichisches Freilichtmuseum Stübing
Organization – Universalmuseum Joanneum
Address – Enzenbach 32, 8114 Stübing, Austria
Website – www.museum-joanneum.at/freilichtmuseum
Salzburg Open Air Museum / Salzburger Freilichtmuseum
Address – Hasenweg 1, 5084 Großgmain, Austria
Website – https://www.freilichtmuseum.com/en/visitors-information.html
Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz /Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz
Address – Am Schmalzberg 1, 2224 Niedersulz, Austria
Website – www.museumsdorf.at/de
BELGIUM
Bokrijk Open Air Museum / Bokrijk
Address – Bokrijklaan 1, 3600 Genk, Belgium
Website – https://bokrijk.be/nl
BULGARIA
Regional Ethnographic Open-Air Museum Etar / Регионален етнографски музей на открито Етър
Address – 144, Gen. Derozhinski Str., 5309 Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Website – https://etar.bg/
CZECHIA
National Open Air Museum / Národní muzeum v přírodě
Address – Palackého 147, 756 61 Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czechia
Website – www.nmvp.cz
Open-Air Museum Strážnice / Skanzen Strážnice
Organization – National Institute of Folk Culture
Address – Zámek 672, 696 62 Strážnice, Czechia
Website – www.nulk.cz, www.skanzenstraznice.cz
DENMARK
Den Gamle By
Address – Viborgvej 2, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Website – www.dengamleby.dk
Frilandmuseet
Address – Kongevejen 100, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
Website – https://frilandsmuseet.dk/
The Funen Village / Den Frynske Landsby
Organization – Museum Odense
Address – Sejerskovvej 20, 5260 Odense, Denmark
Website – denfynskelandsby.dk/
Hjeri Hede Open Air Museum / Frilandsmuseet Hjeri Hede
Address – Hjerlhedevej 14, 7830 Vinderup, Denmark
Website – https://hjerlhede.dk/
The Green Museum / Det Grønne Museum
Address – Randersvej 4, 8963 Auning, Denmark
Website – https://detgroennemuseum.dk/
ESTONIA
Estonian Open Air Museum / Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum
Address – Vabaõhumuuseumi tee 12, 13521 Tallinn, Estonia
Website – https://evm.ee/
FINLAND
Amuri Museum of Workers´ Housing / Amurin museokortteli
Address – Satakunnankatu 49, 33230 Tampere, Finland
Website – https://www.amurinmuseokortteli.fi/
Seurasaari Open Air Museum / Seurasaaren ulkomuseo
Organization – The National Museum of Finland
Address – Seurasaari, 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Website – https://www.kansallismuseo.fi/fi/seurasaarenulkomuseo
GEORGIA
Giorgi Chitaia Open Air Museum of Ethnography / გიორგი ჩიტაიას სახელობის ეთნოგრაფიული მუზეუმი ღია ცის ქვეშ
Organization – Georgian National Museum
Address – 25, M. Berdzenishvili Str., Tbilisi, Georgia
Website – https://museum.ge/index.php?m=350&lang=eng&museum=46&lng=eng
GERMANY
Cloppenburg Open-Air Museum / Museumsdorf Cloppenburg
Address – Bether Straße 6, 49661 Cloppenburg, Germany
Website – https://museumsdorf.de/
Franconian Open-Air Museum Fladungen / Fränkisches Freilandmuseum Fladungen
Address – Bahnhofstraße 19, 97650 Fladungen, Germany
Website – https://freilandmuseum-fladungen.de/
Frankonian Open Air Museum Bad Windsheim / Fränkisches Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim
Address – Eisweiherweg 1, 91438 Bad Windsheim, Germany
Website – https://freilandmuseum.de/
German Museum of Agriculture Blankenhain Castle / Das Deutsche Landwirtschaftsmuseum Schloss Blankenhain
Address – Am Schloss 9, 08451 Crimmitschau / OT Blankenhain, Germany
Website – https://www.deutsches-landwirtschaftsmuseum.de/de/deutsches-landwirtschaftsmuseum-schloss-blankenhain.html
Hessenpark Open Air Museum / Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark
Address – Laubweg 5, 61267 Neu-Anspach/Taunus, Germany
Website – https://www.hessenpark.de/
LVR Open-Air Museum Kommern / LVR-Freilichtmuseum Kommern
Address – Eickser Straße, D-53894 Mechernich-Kommern, Germany
Website – https://kommern.lvr.de
LWL Open-Air Museum Hagen / LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen
Address – Mäckingerbach, 58091 Hagen, Germany
Website – https://www.lwl-freilichtmuseum-hagen.de
LWL Open-Air Museum in Detmold / LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold
Address – Krummes Haus, 32760 Detmold, Germany
Website – https://www.lwl-freilichtmuseum-detmold.de
Odenwälder Open-Air Museum / Odenwälder Freilandsmuseum
Address – Weiherstraße 12, 74731 Walldürn-Gottersdorf, Germany
Website – https://www.freilandmuseum.com
Open Air Museum of Upper Bavaria
Open-Air Museum Molfsee / Freilichtmuseum Molfsee
Organization – Landesmuseen Schleswig-Holstein
Address – Hamburger Landstraße 97, 24113 Molfsee, Germany
Website – https://freilichtmuseum-sh.de/
Rhineland-Palatinate Open Air Museum Bad Sobernheim / Rheinland-Pfälzischen Freilichtmuseum
Address – Nachtigallental 1, 55566 Bad Sobernheim, Germany
Website – https://www.freilichtmuseum-rlp.de/
HUNGARY
Hungarian Open Air Museum / Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum
Address – 2000 Szentendre, Sztaravodai út 75, Hungary
Website – https://skanzen.hu
Sóstó Open Air Museum / Sóstói Múzeumfalu
Address – 4431 Nyíregyháza, Skanzen u. 8. Hungary
Website – https://nyiregyhaza.info.hu/latnivalok/sostoi-muzeumfalu/
ITALY
South Tyrolean Folklore Museum / Museo provinciale degli usi e costumi
Address – Via Duca Diet 24, 39031 Teodone / Brunico, Alto Adige, Italy
Website – https://www.volkskundemuseum.it
LATVIA
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia / Latvijas Etnogrāfiskais brīvdabas muzejs
Address – Brīvdabas iela 21, Rīga, LV-1024, Latvia
Website – http://brivdabasmuzejs.lv
LITHUANIA
Open Air Museum of Lithuania / Lietuvos etnografijos muziejus
Address – L. Lekavičiaus g. 2, LT-56337 Rumšiškės, Kaišiadorių r., Lithuania
Website – https://lemu.lt/
NETHERLANDS
Dutch Open Air Museum / Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
Address – Hoeferlaan 4, 6816 SG, Arnhem, Netherlands
Website – https://www.openluchtmuseum.nl
Zuiderzee Museum / Zuiderzeemuseum
Address – Wierdijk 12-22, 1601 LA Enkhuizen, Netherland
Website – https://www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl/
NORWAY
Maihaugen
Organization – Stiftelsen Lillehammer Museum
Address – Maihaugvegen 1, 2609 Lillehammer, Norway
Website – https://maihaugen.no/
Norsk Folkemuseum
Address – Museumsveien 10, Bygdøy, 0287 Oslo, Norway
Website – https://norskfolkemuseum.no/
POLAND
Museum of Folk Architecture – Ethnographic Park / Muzeum Budownictwa Ludowego – Park Etnograficzny w Olsztynku
Address – Leśna 23, 11-015 Olsztynek, Poland
Website – https://muzeumolsztynek.pl/
The Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok / Muzeum Budownictwa Ludowego w Sanoku
Address – Rybickiego 3, 38-500 Sanok, Poland
Website – https://skansen.mblsanok.pl
Museum of the First Piasts at Lednica / Muzeum Pierwszych Piastów na Lednicy
Address – Dziekanowice 32, 62-261 Lednogóra, Poland
Website – https://lednicamuzeum.pl/
Museum of the Masovian Countryside in Sierpc / Muzeum Wsi Mazowieckiej w Sierpcu
Address – Narutowicza 64, 09-200 Sierpc, Poland
Website – https://mwmskansen.pl/
Opole Village Muzeum / Muzeum Wsi Opolskiej w Opolu
Address – Wrocławska 174, 45-835 Opole, Poland
Website – https://muzeumwsiopolskiej.pl
Teodora and Izydor Gulgowski Kashubian Ethnographic Park / Kaszubski Park Etnograficzny im. Teodory i Izydora Gulgowskich we Wdzydzach
Address – T. i I. Gulgowskich 68, 83-406 Wdzydze, Poland
Website – http://www.muzeum-wdzydze.gda.pl
Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park / Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny w Chorzowie
Address – Parkowa 25, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland
Website – http://muzeumgpe-chorzow.pl
ROMANIA
ASTRA Museum / Muzeul ASTRA
Address – 6-20 Pădurea Dumbrava Street, gate 1, 550399 Sibiu, Romania
Website – https://muzeulastra.ro/
The National Museum of the “Dimitrie Gusti” village / Muzeul Național al Satului “Dimitrie Gusti”
Address – Kiseleff nr. 28-30, sector 1, 011347, București, Romania
Website – https://muzeul-satului.ro/
The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography / Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
Address – Tăietura Turcului Street, 400114, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Website – https://vechi.muzeul-etnografic.ro
RUSSIA
Arkhangelsk State Museum of Wooden Architecture and Folk Art “Malye Korely” / Государственный музей-заповедник деревянного зодчества и народного искусства «Малые Корелы»
Address – Derevnya Malyye Karely, 2V, Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, 163502, Russian Federation
Website – https://www.korely.ru/
The Moscow State Integrated Art and Historical, Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve / Московский государственный объединенный музей-заповедник «Коломенское — Измайлово»
Address – 39 Prospekt Andropova 115487, Moscow, Russian Federation
Website – https://www.mgomz.ru/en
SERBIA
Open air museum “Old village” Sirogojno / Музеј на отвореном “Старо село”
Address – Sirogojno bb, Unnamed Road, Sirogojno 31207, Serbia
Website – https://www.sirogojno.rs/
SLOVAKIA
Slovak National Museum in Martin – Museum of the Slovak Village / Slovenské národné múzeum v Martine – Múzeum slovenskej dediny
Organization – Slovak National Museum
Address – Jahodnícke háje, 036 80 Martin, Slovakia
SWEDEN
Gamla Linkoping Open-Air Museum / Gamla Linköping
Address – Linköpings kommun, 581 81 Linköping, Sweden
Website – https://gamlalinkoping.se/
Jamtli
Address – Museiplan 2, 831 31 Östersund, Sweden
Website – https://www.jamtli.com/
Skansen
Address – Djurgårdsslätten 49-51, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden
Website – https://www.skansen.se/
Vallby Open Air Museum / Vallby Friluftsmuseum
Address – Skerikesvägen 2, 724 80 Västerås, Sweden
Website – https://vallbyfriluftsmuseum.se/
SWITZERLAND
Ballenberg, Swiss Open-Air Museum / Ballenberg, Freilichtmuseum der Schweiz
Address – Museumsstrasse 100, CH-3858 Hofstetten bei Brienz, Switzerland
Website – https://ballenberg.ch
UK
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
Address – Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4JR, United Kingdom
Website – https://avoncroft.org.uk/
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
Address – Beamish, County Durham, DH9 0RG, United Kingdom
Website – https://www.beamish.org.uk
Black Country Living Museum
Address – Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4SQ, United Kingdom
Website – https://bclm.com/
Ironbridge Gorge Museum
Address – Ironbridge, Telford TF8 7DQ, United Kingdom
Website – https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/
St Fagans National Museum of History
Organization – Amgueddfa Cymru
Address – CF5 6XB Cardiff, United Kingdom
Website – https://museum.wales/stfagans/
Ulster Folk Museum
Organization – National Museums NI
Address – 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, County Down, BT18 0EU, United Kingdom
Website – https://www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/
Weald & Downland Living Museum
Address – Town Lane, Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0EU, United Kingdom
Website – https://www.wealddown.co.uk/