Garden with shrubs and trees, a half-timbered house in the background

Planning your Visit

The Open Air Museum is one of the largest in Europe. You will need to take some time to view the historical houses and exhibitions in the 110-hectare grounds. In order to stroll through the museum once, looking at things here and there, you need at least two hours, for the exhibition „We Rhinelanders“ another hour.
The museum is open every day of the year. Most visitors come at the weekends in summer, so that these are our busiest times. Mondays and Fridays are especially suitable for a quieter and deeper involvement with the museum.

How to reach us

Rheinisches Landesmuseum für Volkskunde

Eickser Straße, D-53894 Mechernich-Kommern

02443 / 99800
kommern@lvr.de

Opening Hours

Open 365 days a year!

Summer 29th March till 31st October: 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Winter 1st November till 30th March: 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Admission until 1 hour before closing.

Fees

Admission fees
Adults € 9.50
Children/Youths under 18 years free admission
Severely disabled, students, apprentices, trainees € 8.50
Groups of 10+ persons, per adult € 9.00
LVR-Museum Card
The LVR-Museumskarte entitles the holder to one year’s free admission to LVR museums from the date of purchase.
Single card € 30
Partner card € 40
The partner card is valid for the holder plus another person of their choice.
Combined offer with the Summer Toboggan Run
There is a direct connecting entry between the museum grounds and the toboggan run. Why not combine your visit to the LVR-Open Air Museum Kommern with a stay in the Erlebniswelt Eifeltor and save money with combined rates of admission.

Time travel - Experience. Remember. Tell

Experience the 1930s to 1970s up close - discount offer for day trips to the LVR open-air museum in Kommern, LVR industrial museum in Kuechenheim and IP Vogelsang
Find out at the original places and locations which political and social influences shaped people's lives in the 1930s to 1970s. Remember what your everyday life, that of your parents and grandparents was like. Tell your children and grandchildren about your life back then. In Vogelsang IP, in the LVR industrial museum Tuchfabrik Müller and in the LVR open-air museum in Kommern, explore the influence of the past on our lives today!
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In Vogelsang, feel how much architecture was used in the 1930s and 1940s to demonstrate the power and rule of the NSDAP. The permanent exhibition "Determination: Master Man" provides comprehensive information about the history of the former Nazi Ordensburg and the men who were trained here to become the leadership elite. In the Müller cloth factory, feel what it was like to work in one of the many cloth factories in Euskirchen in the 1950s – as a weaver, spinner or darner. The machines still run today as they did then. In the LVR open-air museum in Kommern, marvel at the evidence of the economic miracle, such as the bungalow from the 1960s. The cupboards of the Tielsa fitted kitchen in Colorado yellow contain everything that the modern housewife needs, from electric knives to an automatic grill and scales in the matching shade.

Day trips - leaps in time in installments

From the date of purchase of the first ticket, you will receive reduced admission for one visit to each of the other two facilities for a year.

Find out here about the various options for getting to the open-air museum by public transport, on foot or by car.
arrival
How much time do I need to visit the museum? Is there a walking tour or an audio guide through the museum? Here you can get information on how to explore the museum.
circuits and paths
There are several ways to grab a bite to eat at the open-air museum.
gastronomy
In the open-air museum you will find two shops: one with museum products, books, toys and a corner shop.
museum shops
Everything to do with lockers, handcarts, walkers, lost property, accessibility, dogs, photography.
Frequently Asked Questions
At this point we would like to give you information about the site, our service and the possibilities so that you can find your way around here as well as possible.
Accessibility
Highlights in the open-air museum Our historic houses Room with decorated clay floor. On the back wall a hearth and a beam with kettle hooks Room with decorated clay floor. On the back wall a hearth and a beam with kettle hooks
In the house from Rhinschenschmidthausen, it quickly becomes clear why the air in the houses used to be not always very pleasant. to the assemblies
Highlights in the open-air museum New special exhibition Dark brown Bakelite TV, radio, vacuum cleaner and headphones Dark brown Bakelite TV, radio, vacuum cleaner and headphones
The chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland applied for a patent for his invention in 1907: the phenolic resin, which he christened "Bakelite", became the "material of 1000 possibilities". Baekeland becomes the “father of plastic”. FormVollendet? Bakelit verändert den Alltag
Highlights in the open-air museum Our historic houses Yellow house, in front of it a wooden bench and plants with red flowers Yellow house, in front of it a wooden bench and plants with red flowers
The garden at the house from Kessenich is a treasure trove for vegetable and herb lovers to the assemblies
Highlights in the open-air museum Our historic houses Weißer Bungalow, von einem Jägerzaun umgrenzt mit Tisch und Stühlen auf der Veranda und Blumen im Garten Weißer Bungalow, von einem Jägerzaun umgrenzt mit Tisch und Stühlen auf der Veranda und Blumen im Garten
Der Bungalow Kahlenbusch ist das einzige Gebäude im Freigelände, das „in situ“, also an seinem ursprünglichen Standort verblieben ist. Als Gaststätte, geplantes Hotel, Bauruine und schließlich Museumsexponat ist er eines der ungewöhnlichsten Häuser im Gelände. more about the assemblies

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