Archaeological Open-Air Museum

Hjemsted - Danernes Verden (DK)

Member of EXARC
No

Hjemsted is a village near the German border in Jutland. It is this area where many Germans spend their (beach) holidays.
At Hjemsted, history and archaeology is presented in several ways. Among others Roman living history groups stay here in Summertime. Modern families are also invited to spend part of their Summer here.

Hjemsted is a village near the German border in Jutland. It is this area where many Germans spend their (beach) holidays. At Hjemsted, history and archaeology is presented in several ways. Among others Roman living history groups stay here in Summertime. Modern families are also invited to spend part of their Summer here...

Germanisches Gehöft Elsarn (NÖ) (AT)

Member of EXARC
No

In the Straßer Valley (Straßertal), known from its wines, 11 municipalities cooperate regarding their cultural management. This is called “Kulturpark Kamptal”. One of their initiatives, 2001, was to set up a small Iron Age archaeological open-air museum. It gives us an insight in the living conditions of the time of 200 – 400 after Christ.

In the Straßer Valley (Straßertal), known from its wines, 11 municipalities cooperate regarding their cultural management. This is called “Kulturpark Kamptal”. One of their initiatives, 2001, was to set up a small Iron Age archaeological open-air museum. It gives us an insight in the living conditions of the time of 200 – 400 after Christ...

Samara (FR)

Member of EXARC
No

The Samara, an environmental and reconstruction park was realised by the Ministry of Culture, the Picardy province and the bank Credit Agricole. It had a predecessor at the Val d’Aisne. One of the reasons to establish this museum was the creation of employment by means of tourism – the Somme area has a long history of unemployment.

The Samara, an environmental and reconstruction park was realised by the Ministry of Culture, the Picardy province and the bank Credit Agricole. It had a predecessor at the Val d’Aisne. One of the reasons to establish this museum was the creation of employment by means of tourism – the Somme area has a long history of unemployment...

The Lakeside Village of Dispilio (GR)

Member of EXARC
No

The lakeside village of Dispilio is 8 kilometres from Kastoria. Although the archaeological site is known since the 1930s, systematic excavations started in 1992, by Professor Nikos Hourmouziadis of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki.

The lakeside village of Dispilio is 8 kilometres from Kastoria. Although the archaeological site is known since the 1930s, systematic excavations started in 1992, by Professor Nikos Hourmouziadis of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki...

To Reconstruct a Sacrificial Site

Egil Josefson and
Jan Olofsson (SE)
EuroREA 3/2006
Archaeological Open-Air Museum

The site

Eketorp fort on southern Öland is a prehistoric ring fort excavated between 1964 and 1974. The excavations showed that the first fort on this location was built in the fourth century AD (Eketorp I). About one hundred years later, it was torn down and then re-built on the same spot. The new fifth-century ring fort (Eketorp II) served as a fortified farmers’ settlement for about 250 years until it was abandoned in the late seventh century (Borg, Näsman, & Wegraeus 1976).

Mock-up Presentation of the Gate Tower to the Hill Fort at Liptovská Mara

Oto Makýš (SK)
EuroREA 1/2004
Archaeological Open-Air Museum

The author (Dr Oto Makýš from Department of Building Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia) discusses the importance of including maintenance costs while planning an experimental construction based on the example of Lip­tov­­­­ská Mara...