Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen

Over het museum

The museum opened in 1936 as the "Germanengehöft" (Germanic farmstead) and is regarded as the first open-air museum of its kind. The occasion was excavations carried out by the museum's founder Hermann Diekmann on the Barkhauser Berg between 1926 and 1931. The site was closely tied to Nazi ideology: Reich Education Minister Bernhard Rust opened it, it was supported by the Reichsbund für Deutsche Vorgeschichte, and plays, celebrations and training sessions were aimed especially at young people. After the end of the war the grounds became overgrown and were dismantled in January 1946.

From 1960 a new Germanic farmstead was built, which opened in 1961 and attracted almost 60,000 visitors in its first year. It was based on excavations from 1937 and showed an Iron Age farm with five buildings. Without full-time staff, however, the site stalled, and in 1973 it burned down completely.

With the involvement of the Landesverband Lippe and the town of Oerlinghausen, a fresh start began in 1979 under the name Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum (Archaeological Open-Air Museum). Under Helmut Luley, the large circuit based on modern settlement archaeology was created. Today a sponsoring association runs the roughly 1.5-hectare grounds with six building groups, from the Ice Age reindeer hunter's tent to the early medieval farmstead; the outdated Germanic houses of 1961 now also serve for critical engagement with the museum's own history and are being gradually replaced.

Hoogtepunten

• Reconstructed late Ice Age reindeer hunter's tent
• Neolithic longhouse of the Rössen culture
• 32 m long Iron Age house-barn based on finds from Paderborn
• Early medieval farmstead with longhouse, forge and sunken-floor hut
• Activity area with archery and spear-thrower

Vaste collectie

• Steinzeit: vom Rentierjägerzelt zum Langhaus – Reconstructions from the late Ice Age to the Neolithic, including a reindeer hunter's tent based on finds near Hamburg and a longhouse of the Rössen culture, set in matching cultural landscapes.
• Eisenzeitliches Langhaus – 32-meter-long house-barn from around the time of Christ's birth, reconstructed from excavation findings in Paderborn-Saatenthal.
• Frühmittelalterliche Hofanlage – Farmstead of the 7th/8th century with a ship-shaped longhouse, forge and sunken-floor hut based on excavations near Warendorf and Halle-Künsebeck.

Opgericht

1936

Beheerder

Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum e.V. Oerlinghausen

Directie

Karl Banghard

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Members of the sponsoring association have free admission.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

For groups with blind and visually impaired people there is an inclusion tour with tactile objects and building plans in Braille.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

Many hands-on activities such as archery, spear-throwing, bread baking and fire making. Children's birthday parties with various themes (e.g., "From Grain to Bread" for up to 10 children from €110 incl. admission). For families with children aged 10 to 14 there is a free digital Stone Age course.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop at the ticket desk. Picnicking is allowed, grilling is not. Dogs may be brought on a leash.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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