List of open-air and living history museums

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

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Africa

Egypt

South Africa

Tunisia

Asia

China

Indonesia

Israel and the Golan Heights

Japan

Malaysia

Philippines

South Korea

Taiwan

Europe

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The wooden church in Drvengrad open-air museum, Serbia

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Old Bohemian House in Prerov nad Labem, Czech Republic - the first open-air museum in Central and Eastern Europe (1895) founded by Archduke Ludwig Salvator Prerskanzen 05.JPG
Old Bohemian House in Přerov nad Labem, Czech Republic – the first open-air museum in Central and Eastern Europe (1895) founded by Archduke Ludwig Salvator

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

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Roscheider Hof, Germany

Georgia

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man

Italy

Latvia

A threshing barn built in 1730 in Rizgas, Vestiena Parish, Vidzeme and the first building to be transported and re-assembled at The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia in 1928 Old Latvian threshing barn from Vidzeme.jpg
A threshing barn built in 1730 in Rizgas, Vestiena Parish, Vidzeme and the first building to be transported and re-assembled at The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia in 1928

Lithuania

Moldova

Netherlands

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Dutch Open Air Museum

North Macedonia

Norway

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Setesdalstunet, Vest-Agder Museum in Kristiansand

Poland

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Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park, Poland

Romania

Russia

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Architectural-ethnographic museum "Khokhlovka", Perm Krai

Serbia

Slovakia

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Open-air museum in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia.

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Torekällberget Södertälje

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

North America

Canada

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Fortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

Screaming Heads, Burk's Falls, Ontario

Mexico

United States

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

South America

Argentina

Brazil

Suriname

Living transportation museums

Ecological and environmental living museums

Some ecological living museums are zoos

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