Rhineland-Palatinate open-air muesum Bad Sobernheim

Experience the life of former times in the Rhineland-Palatinate open-air museum.

Discover the history and life of former times in the Rhineland-Palatinate open-air museum. Located in the beautiful scene of a valley called "Nachtigallental", this museum precisely shows how people in the Rhineland-Palatinate lived and worked during the last few centuries.
Four (4) museum villages have been reconstructed and all of them demonstrate the different landscapes of the Rhineland-Palatinate.

Nearly 40 historical buildings from different regions were removed brick by brick and stone by stone within the last years and rebuilt at the museum site true to the original and furnished in great detail afterwards.

A locksmith's and a clockmaker's workshop, a barber's shop, a butchery, a school and a bakery, vineyard houses and farmsteads invite to make a trip into the past.
On a regular basis the baker bakes bread in the old bakery, the smith and the carpenter demonstrate their daily work in former times. Horses, sheeps, free-range chicken, geese as well as a bee hive live in the garden of the museum.

Children have a lot of fun with the special museums-quiz which is available free of charge at the entrance of the open-air museum. Not only children are interested in the big doll- and metal toys collection. Nature lovers enjoy the herb garden, the vineyard and the natural science track. The museum's restaurant caters for a wide range of hefty regional dishes.
A children's playground for the youngest visitors is located next to the museum's restaurant.
Souvenirs, vine, leather goods and other natural food and products of the region are available in the museum's shop.

The Rhineland-Palatinate open-air museum has a special offer for all romantic people (male and female) :You can get married in a registry office in the wonderful historical atmosphere of the "Hasselbahcer" town hall, a small, 250 years old half-timbered house located in the middle of the Hunsrück-Nahe village of the museum.

For further information please contact the official homepage of the open-air museum.

Details about special events, appointments and more can be achieved at:

Official Homepage:

http://www.freilichtmuseum-rlp.de