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Fränkisches Freilandmuseum (Franconian Open Air Museum)

  • Bayerischer Museumspreis 1991.
  • Museum café.
  • Shop.
Accessibility
partly accessible
Opening Times
Open today 10:30-16:00
Address
Eisweiherweg 1
91438 Bad Windsheim
Contact

A tour of the Franconian Open Air Museum (Franconian Open Air Museum) in Bad Windsheim is like a journey through 700 years of everyday Franconian history: more than 100 buildings, farms, craftsmen's houses, mills, shepherds' huts, breweries, official buildings, schoolhouses and aristocratic palaces, barns, stables, baking and drying huts invite you to take a journey into the past. The houses were moved to the museum from their original locations all over Franconia and are arranged in six groups according to regions and themes. Of particular interest are the "Medieval Building Group" and the "City Building Group" in the middle of the old town of Bad Windsheim with the Museum Kirche in Franconia (Museum Church in Franconia Bad Windsheim), the old building yard and the herbal pharmacy.

Last edited on 06.03.2024

Additional information

  • Opening Times

    Open today 10:30-16:00

    In the timeframe of 04. March until 28. October:

    • Mondays: 09:00-18:00
    • Tuesdays: 09:00-18:00
    • Wednesdays: 09:00-18:00
    • Thursdays: 09:00-18:00
    • Fridays: 09:00-18:00
    • Saturdays: 09:00-18:00
    • Sundays: 09:00-18:00

    In the timeframe of 29. October until 17. December:

    • Tuesdays: 10:30-16:00
    • Wednesdays: 10:30-16:00
    • Thursdays: 10:30-16:00
    • Fridays: 10:30-16:00
    • Saturdays: 10:30-16:00
    • Sundays: 10:00-16:30

    Holidays:

    • 06.01.2025
      Epiphany: 10:00-16:30
    • 01.05.2025
      Labour Day: 09:00-18:00
    • 29.05.2025
      Ascension Day: 09:00-18:00
    • 09.06.2025
      Pentecost Monday: 09:00-18:00
    • 19.06.2025
      Corpus Christi: 09:00-18:00
    • 03.10.2025
      Day of German Unity: 09:00-18:00
    • 01.11.2025
      All Saints' Day: 10:00-16:30

    Closed on all other holidays

  • Inclusion

    Accessibility

    • Service Dogs Welcome
    • Barrier-Free Access
    • WC for Disabled Persons
    • Parking Space for the Disabled
    • Sitting Accommodations
    • Step- and Threshold-Free Accessibility to Public Areas

    Reisen für alle

    "Reisen für alle" certification 2021

    Find out more about "Reisen für alle" (external link, opens in a new window)

    Inclusive offers

    Inclusive Offers:
    • Offers for Visitors with Learning Difficulties and Cognitive Impairments
    • Offers for Hearing Impaired and Deaf Visitors
    • Offers for Visually Impaired and Blind Visitors
    Offers for Visitors with Learning Difficulties and Cognitive Impairments:
    • Offers in Simple Language (e.g., Audio Guide, Exhibition Guide)
    • Educational Programme for Visitors with Learning Difficulties and Cognitive Impairments
    Offers for Hearing Impaired and Deaf Visitors:
    • Hearing Amplification Systems (e.g., via Induction, FM, Infrared)
    • Educational Programme for Hearing Impaired and Deaf Visitors
    Offers for Visually Impaired and Blind Visitors:
    • Multisensory Offerings (e.g., Tactile, Auditory and Olfactory Stations)
    • Tactile Maps/ Guidance Notes
    • Educational Programme for Visitors with Visual Impairments

  • Offers

    Further offers

    • Museumscafé
    • Museumsshop

  • Digital Offers

    No information available

  • Contact

    Address

    Eisweiherweg 1
    91438 Bad Windsheim

    Telephone contact

    • General enquiries: 09841/6680-0

    E-Mail

    info​(at)​freilandmuseum.de (opens your email program)

    Website

    http://www.freilandmuseum.de (external link, opens in a new window)

  • Directions

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    Tourism Region

    Franconia

Associated museums

Image gallery

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