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Birka the Viking Village
On the Swedish island of Björkö, permanent exhibitions illustrate early Viking life through the use of artifacts and detailed models. Tours of the original remains of Viking culture are also available.

Bucharest Village Museum, Romania
Descriptions and images of buildings at the museum.

Ename
The site of a Benedictine abbey in Belgium which has been developed as an open-air museum, even as the excavations continue. Virtual reconstructions and 360-degree panorama.

Netherlands Open Air Museum
The building has two exhibition halls, a museum shop, a coffee house with terrace, an information desk and a digital board which displays information on the museum and the collections.

Ethnographic Open Air Museum of Latvia
Historical dwellings and farm buildings of peasants, fishermen and artisans, including a old pub and a windmill, have been gathered from all of Latvia's regions.

The Open Air Museum in Dumbrava Sibiului
Built up between 1963 and 1989, a scientific-documentary and technical collection and archives (pictures, photos, films) dealing with pre-industrial folk technology in Romania.

Massing and Finsterau
Authentic villages and homes in these open-air museums in Lower Bavaria.

Roman Open Air Museum Hechingen-Stein
A reconstructed Roman Villa Rustica from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. Description of the site, walking tour and panoramic views. In English and German.

Målilla Open Air Museum
Twenty buildings in Sweden, including a sawmill, tanning house, hardware store and school.

Roscheider Hof
Open air museum just outside Trier on the Moselle, which presents the folk culture of the European Saar-Lor-Lux region.


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