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Out into the museum! Kitchen with light blue and yellow cabinets
Welcome to the open-air museum! illuminated house, in front of it a large puddle in which it is reflected
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During the summer holidays we are once again offering an interesting and varied range of hands-on activities. A registration is not required.
Holidays in the open-air museum Hobby horses in front of a half-timbered house
In addition to its historical buildings, the open-air museum presents special exhibitions on several thousand square meters.
Exhibitions Exhibition scene from WirRheinländer with Prussian soldiers
In the museum you can look around the original historical buildings, as they once stood in their villages. The interiors contain furniture and household objects from their time, allowing visitors to view the daily lives of their dwellers.
Group of buildings Half-timbered houses to the right of a cobblestone path
The wide program offers activities for all age groups; from audio-guide tours, through guided tours through the grounds, holiday specials, workshops and courses for adults and children, orga-nized birthday events and a children’s guide to the museum. With special programs for schools, classes can find out, in a few hours or in a whole week, what the daily life of men and women in the Rhineland used to look like. We can offer guided tours through the grounds and exhibitions in four different languages.
Programs Children run across a meadow, in the background you can see half-timbered houses
As a museum of everyday cultural history in the Rhineland, the collection includes not only the open-air area with historical buildings but also an inventory of over 200,000 objects from the area of rural and small-town everyday life in the Rhineland.
Collection Brown to-go mug with yellow stripes and inscription
Event calendar of the LVR-open-air museum in Kommern
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Who is in the museum today?

Friday, 09. June 2023
 

Der Drechsler

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Der Kriegsheimkehrer

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Der Ortsvorsteher

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Der Schmied

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Der Stellmacher

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Die Avon-Beraterin

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Die Bäuerin

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Die Feine Dame aus der Stadt

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Die Hauswirtschafterinnen

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Die Korbmacherin

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Die Mausefallenkrämerin

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Die Ordensschwester

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Die Steinmetzin

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Die Weberin

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Events at the Open-air museum

Fachwerkhäuser in der Baugruppe Westerwald

In einer Stunde durch den Westerwald. Von „Kalten Höhen“ ins sonnige Rheintal

  • 11.06, 11:30 Uhr
  • 16.07, 11:30 Uhr
  • ...
Entdecken Sie die Highlights der Baugruppe Westerwald/ Mittelrhein in 60 Minuten! Die reichhaltig und kunstvoll verzierten Fachwerkhäuser zeigen den Wohlstand, der den Westerwald bis ins 18. Jahrhundert [...]
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Fachwerkhäuser in der Baugruppe Eifel

In einer Stunde durch die Eifel. Das Armenhaus des Deutschen Reiches

  • 11.06, 13:00 Uhr
  • 16.07, 13:00 Uhr
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Entdecken Sie die Highlights der Baugruppe Eifel in 60 Minuten! Die Baugruppe Eifel ist die älteste Baugruppe im Freilichtmuseum. In der „armen" Eifel waren die Böden schlecht, die Parzellen der Bauern [...]
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Bunte Wollknäuel in einer Kiste

Wolltag

  • 18.06, 10:00 Uhr
An diesem Tag dreht sich in der Baugruppe Niederrhein alles um die Wolle und ihre Verarbeitung. Die Museumsschafe werden geschoren. Dabei können Sie die Schur nach alter und heutiger Methode beobachten [...]
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Die Kappenwindmühle aus Cantrup in der Baugruppe Niederrhein

In einer Stunde durch den Niederrhein. Das Land am Strom

  • 18.06, 11:30 Uhr
  • 23.07, 11:30 Uhr
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Schon im Mittelalter war der Niederrhein – ganz im Gegensatz zur Eifel – von zahlreichen Klein- und Mittelstädten geprägt. Hier können Sie unsere beiden Windmühlen, die Bockwindmühle aus Spiel und die [...]
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Milchbar from Brühl Highlight Counter in the Milk bar with white and blue facing Counter in the Milk bar with white and blue facing
The milk bar on the Rhineland market square was originally built in the summer of 1955 in Brühl on Carl-Schurz-Strasse. In the early years, the milk bar was a very popular meeting place, especially among young people in Brühl. In the decades that followed, however, the milk bar went through an eventful history More about the history of the milk bar

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LVR-Freilichtmuseum Kommern

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. - 7.00 p.m.

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

Admission until 1 hour before closing.

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