WebThe idea of the open-air museum dates to the 1790s. The first proponent of the idea was the Swiss thinker Charles de Bonstetten, and was based on a visit to an exhibit of sculptures of Norwegian peasants in native costumes in the park of Fredensborg Palace in Denmark,"Valley of the Norsemen". He believed that traditional peasant houses should …

WebCSS Baltic was a casemate ironclad that served in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.A towboat and cotton lighter before the war, she was purchased by the state of Alabama in December 1861 for conversion into an ironclad. After being transferred to the Confederate Navy in May 1862, she served on Mobile Bay off the Gulf of Mexico. ...

WebThe Western Development Museum is a network of four museums in Saskatchewan, Canada preserving and recording the social and economic development of the province.The museum has branches in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Yorkton.Respectively, each branch focuses on a different theme: transportation, …

WebThe National Tramway Museum (trading as Crich Tramway Village) is a tram museum located at Crich (listen (help · info)), Derbyshire, England.The museum contains over 60 (mainly British) trams built between 1873 and 1982 and is set within a recreated period village containing a working pub, cafe, old-style sweetshop and tram depots.

WebMorwellham Quay is an historic river port in Devon, England that developed to support the local mines. The port had its peak in the Victorian era and is now run as a tourist attraction and museum. It is the terminus of the Tavistock Canal, and has its own copper mine.. The open-air museum includes the restored 19th-century village, the docks and quays, a …

WebMeiji-mura (博物館明治村, Hakubutsukan Meiji-mura, "Meiji Village Museum") is an open-air architectural museum/theme park in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan.It was opened on March 18, 1965. The museum preserves historic buildings from Japan's Meiji (1867–1912), Taishō (1912–1926), and early Shōwa (1926–1947) periods. Over 60 …

WebThe Central Air Force Museum (Russian: Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) is an aviation museum in Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.A branch of the Central Armed Forces Museum, it is one of the world's largest aviation museums, and the largest for Soviet aircraft, with a collection including 173 aircraft and 127 aircraft engines on display.

WebThe Stoa of Attalos (also spelled Attalus) was a stoa (covered walkway or portico) in the Agora of Athens, Greece. It was built by and named after King Attalos II of Pergamon, who ruled between 159 BC and 138 BC.The current building was reconstructed from 1952 to 1956 by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and currently houses the …

WebThe museum was established in 1996 in a former artillery barracks in the municipality of Lešany, near Týnec nad Sázavou. The collections are presented in ten halls, six roofed areas and also in the open air. Since 2003, a so-called "Tank Day" is held every year at the end of the season (usually end of August/beginning of September) in the ...

WebThe Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Turkish: Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi) is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara, Turkey.It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurşunlu Han.Because of Atatürk's desire to establish a Hittite museum, the buildings were bought upon the …