The Black Forest Open Air Museum is an open-air museum located between Hausach and Gutach in the Black Forest (Germany). The museum is centred on the Vogtsbauernhof farmhouse dating from 1612, which was built on this site. Other buildings from the Black Forest have been dismantled, transported to the museum and reassembled. The museum has attracted over 16 million visitors since its opening in 1964.

Attractions

There are six fully furnished farmhouses: There is also the Ortenauhaus from Durbach. The half timbered residential building was built in 1775 and renovated in 1961. The furniture is from 1961 and shows life in the 20th century. Other buildings include a day labourer's cottage (1819) and outbuildings including a mill (1609), a sawmill (1673), barns, stalls, a chapel (1736), a storehouse (1601–1746) and a granny house (Leibgedinghaus,1652). Around the buildings are farm animals and a herb garden with over 130 medicinal herbs. Demonstrations of exhibitions illustrate the crafts, tools, customs, traditions, work and lifestyle of former times.

History

The museum opened in 1964, founded as the first open-air museum in Baden-Württemberg. Key events in the museum's history are:

Visiting

The museum is open daily from the end of March until early November. It claims to be the most visited open-air museum in Germany and one of the most visited throughout Europe, with more than 250,000 visitors a year. Since its opening, the museum has attracted over 13.5 million visitors.

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