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A living museum, also known as a living history museum, is a type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period, providing visitors with an experiential interpretation of history. [1] It is a type of museum that recreates to the fullest extent conditions of a culture, natural environment or historical period, in ...
Waterloo Farm Museum. Minnesota. Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia. Heman Gibbs Farmstead, Falcon Heights. The Landing, Shakopee. Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River. Nebraska. Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island. Wessels Living History Farm, York.
Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools, activities and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time. Although it does not necessarily seek to reenact a specific event in history, living history is similar to, and sometimes incorporates, historical ...
Plimoth Patuxet is a complex of living history museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts founded in 1947, formerly Plimoth Plantation. It replicates the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by the English colonists who became known as the Pilgrims. They were among the first people who emigrated to America to seek ...
Denmark. Glud Museum, near Horsens. Land of legends (Sagnlandet Lejre), Lejre. Maribo Open-Air Museum, Maribo. Open Air Museum (Kongens Lyngby), Kongens Lyngby. The Funen Village in the Fruens Bøge district of Odense. The Middle Ages Center in Sundby a suburb of Nykøbing Falster. The Old Village, Hjerl Hede, Vinderup.
The site is on the property of Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum that tells the story of the capital of Britain's Virginia colony in the 18th century. The structure was designed to ...
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.Its 301-acre (122 ha) historic area includes several hundred restored or recreated buildings from the 18th century, when the city was the capital of the Colony of Virginia; 17th-century, 19th-century, and Colonial Revival structures; and more ...
Old Sturbridge Village. Old Sturbridge Village is a living museum located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, which recreates life in rural New England during the 1790s through 1830s. It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres (81 hectares). The Village includes 59 antique buildings, three water-powered mills, and a ...