In the historical open-air museum, where a remarkable number of original buildings have been moved, some reconstructions give the past a new life.
The historical open-air museum shows some reconstructed buildings from the medieval times onwards.
The wooden arena was first designed at the beginning of the years 2000 and later founded by an Interreg programme by the EU.
Grod is a medieval style arena in which leisure, historical as well as "contemporary" can find its place.
In 1968 six wooden buildings, built with the caractheristic techniques of the region, were moved to the museum grounds to be protected from the planned flood due to the dam construction.
The castle, which dates back to XIII cent. AD and six wooden buildings of the newer era, are the buildings accross which the museum exhibition is hosted.
I gained my MA in Experimental Archaeology from the University of Exeter in 2003. Since then I have worked as a blacksmith (specifically a tool maker), specialising in archaeologically accurate reproductions.
In the Terramaris museum, where the landscape of Zeeland is illustrated, a Motte-and-Bailey medieval castle was (re)constructed in 2011.
A Motte-and-Bailey (re)construction was built in 2011 in the Terra Maris museum.
The construction site of a castle, near the town of Friesach, is entirely devoted to the most authentic re-creation of the medieval times.
South of the town of Friesach, a castle is being built with medieval technology.
How do you personally approach the concept of experimental archaeology?
Experimental archaeology - in my opinion - has the main and only aim to find answers to questions where classical archaeological methods fail to find them.
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