Most people like to visit a variety of museums. Many of them believe that this is a message to us from our ancestors. Basically, that's the way it is. However, there are museums that are located directly under the open sky. They not only look much more interesting, but are also more natural, as if merged into the rest of nature. If you have never been to such a museum, then be sure to go, as here you will get a lot of new experiences.
Hakone Open Air Museum
This museum was opened in 1969 in Japan. It was the first museum here to be located directly under the open sky - without the bulky roof that is usually used to protect from the weather.
Constantly changing with the seasons, the area is home to more than 120 works by contemporary sculptors and artists. The museum also has 5 exhibition halls, including the "Picasso Pavilion", as well as areas where children can play, take a foot bath, fed by natural hot springs.
There are many other facilities where visitors can relax while enjoying the beauty of the local nature and the uniqueness of the works of art located in this area. Hakone Open Air Museumowns a collection of approximately 300 works by Picasso, acquired from his eldest daughter, Maya Picasso. All of them are on a rotating display in the Picasso Pavilion. The museum is rich in many restaurants and shops in addition to exhibition galleries.
Black Country Living Museum
This is a real city. The open-air museum includes more than 40 buildings that recreate the atmosphere of life in the middle lane during the industrial era. Among them stand out the old school, shops, houses, a cinema and a tavern. Visitors can travel by electric trams, trolleybuses. That is, the atmosphere of the city has not changed much since the industrial era. Thanks to the demonstrators in costumes, the buildings have completely returned to their former life. On the road you can meet a schoolboy, a doctor, a cook, a teacher, and even a military man. You can't leave the open-air museum until after 4 hours, because there are so many interesting and unusual things here!
Ethnographic Museum in Latvia
The open-air ethnographic museum in Latvia was founded in 1924. It collects and preserves objects of folk monuments of Latvian historical and ethnographic regions, along with objects used by Latvians in everyday life, typical of the period from the 17th century to the 40s of the 20th century.
The museum was created to educate and inform the public about the cultural heritage of people who lived in the territory of the Latvian state, as well as to preserve historicalvalues of Latvia. It has over 100,000 visitors annually.
The Open Air Museum in Latvia gives you the following opportunities:
- learn about the history and development of crafts, technologies and traditions of the Latvian people;
- experience the joy of dancing, singing, music and games;
- have a good time with your children, family, relatives, friends;
- taste traditional Latvian dishes;
- visit the ship;
- relax and enjoy being in nature;
- visit the arts and crafts fair during the first weekend of June.
Museum in Detmold
The small German open-air museum city of Detmold has many attractions, including a wonderful place to visit - the Freilichtmuseum.
Detmold is a very popular tourist destination. The old city center with theater and park is really worth seeing.
But Detmold's main attraction is the beautiful castle, Furstliches Residenzschloss. The price of the visit is 4 euros.
Now let's go directly to the museum. It is called the "Municipal Museum of Westphalia dedicated to folkloristics / ethnolinguistics" and is located on the outskirts of the city, but walking there from the center is not difficult at all. It will take no more than 15-20 minutes. Entrance here costs 5 euros, and for children - 4 euros.
The first thing visitors can see at the entrance is a water mill, not far from which there are horses. Any tourist canhire a carriage and plunge into the atmosphere of the past.
In one of the buildings there is an exposition called "Planet Westfalen 2010". By the way, the Ruhr District was named the cultural capital of Europe, so many compositions and events are dedicated to it.
Field, wooden houses, sheep pastures and windmills - most likely, everything looked like this many years ago. This unusual atmosphere has been preserved in the city of Detmold to this day.
Which museum to choose?
First, go to any open-air museum nearby. Some people, even if they don't like going to museums, may be satisfied with visiting an outdoor museum. For others, such a place may not cause any emotions at all. Therefore, before you go to another country, decide which category you belong to: do you like such museums or not! In any case, outdoor museums are much more interesting than usual.
