Living History and Open Air

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Europe (51)

Links

Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums

http://www.alhfam.org/

ALHFAM is the museum organization for those involved in living history programming, living historical farms, agricultural museums, and outdoor museums of history and folklife.

Korean Folk Village

http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/

Traditional Korean village exhibiting cultural and historic artifacts and buildings, including a marketplace.

Leonora-Gwalia Historical Museum

http://www.gwalia.org.au

A not-for-profit organization which has preserved a ghost town in outback Western Australia. Mining museum, township, Hoover House, commissioned by Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, and photographs.

Museum Meiji-Mura

http://www.meijimura.com/english/

Open air museum for preserving and exhibiting Japanese architecture of the Meiji period, 1868-1912.

Shantytown

http://www.shantytown.co.nz/

A replica of a South Island West Coast gold mining town set in the 1860s with images and information on attractions, activities, and train rides located at New Zealand.

Strathalbyn National Trust Museum

http://www.hotkey.net.au/~strathmuseum/

The former police station (built 1858) and courthouse (added in 1867), an collection of farm machinery from the past, an example of a furphy, a blacksmith's shop, horse drawn vehicles and exhibits centering on the history of the local Emergency Services. Located in South Australia.

The Pharaonic Village

http://www.touregypt.net/village/

History of the living museum of ancient Egypt, information about tours, and description of the exhibits. Located in Cairo, Egypt.

Warkworth and District Museum

http://www.wwmuseum.orcon.net.nz/

A local district museum specialising in displaying and preserving information, artifacts for and about the people located at New Zealand.