Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum facts for kids
| Volkskunde- und Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof | |
| Established | 1976 |
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| Location | Konz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Type | Folk museum, open air museum |
| Visitors | 70,000 |
The Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum is the open-air museum and Folklore Museum of the Greater SaarLorLux Region. The museum is situated in Konz, Germany, on the Saar and Mosel rivers, 8 km west of Trier and 30 km east of Luxembourg. It is a museum for rural cultural history in northwest Rhineland-Palatinate and the German-Luxembourg-Lorraine border region. Unlike many other open-air museums, the Roscheider Hof is not a public or community institution. The sponsoring organisation for the museum since its foundation has been the registered, non-profit association founded in 1973, "Volkskunde- und Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof, Konz e.V." with over 1000 members in 2007. The museum is financed by membership fees, entrance charges, subsidies and donations. The founder of the association was Prof. Rolf Robischon.
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Attractions
- 4000 m² of folklore exhibitions ranging from winegrowing to dentistry in the historical exhibition building and, since autumn of 2006, in the newly built museum of forestry and wood,
- a tin figure and toy museum,
- 22 ha of open grounds with the Hunsrück village, a Moselle village that is currently being reconstructed, a rose garden, several country gardens,
- a restaurant with beer garden and a large nature-oriented children's playground,
- activity days, special exhibitions, the legendary Christmas market on 2 weekends in Advent
- guided tours, projects for museum visitors both young and old, children's birthday parties, etc.
Gallery
Videos
Images for kids
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Farmers' and craftsmen's day
See also
In Spanish: Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum para niños
