open-air museum en · NOUN
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Meanings
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A museum where the exhibitions are located outdoors.
Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits.
1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460:Engineers from the Tyne & Wear Metro stepped back in time in December, to conduct a safety-critical inspection of the tramway at the open-air Beamish Museum in County Durham.
2022 January 12, “Network News: Nexus inspects Beamish lines”, in RAIL, number 948, page 14:
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Translations (36)
nb friluftsmuseum (outdoor museum) · sk skanzen (outdoor museum) · ga iarsmalann faoin aer (outdoor museum) · fi ulkoilmamuseo (outdoor museum) · eo subĉiela muzeo (outdoor museum) · pt museu ao ar livre (outdoor museum) · fi ulkomuseo (outdoor museum) · bg музей под открито небе (outdoor museum) · ja 野外博物館 (outdoor museum) · uk музе́й про́сто не́ба (outdoor museum) · csb skansen (outdoor museum) · it museo all'aperto (outdoor museum) · cs skanzen (outdoor museum) · ro muzeu în aer liber (outdoor museum) · ru музей под открытым небом (outdoor museum) · tr açık hava müzesi (outdoor museum) · nl openluchtmuseum (outdoor museum) · pt museu a céu aberto (outdoor museum) · fr musée en plein air (outdoor museum) · cmn 露天博物館 /露天博物馆 (outdoor museum) · hu skanzen (outdoor museum) · pl skansen (outdoor museum) · et vabaõhumuuseum (outdoor museum) · bg музей на открито (outdoor museum) · de Freilandmuseum (outdoor museum) · es museo al aire libre (outdoor museum) · sh muzej na otvorenom (outdoor museum) · sl muzej na prostem (outdoor museum) · de Freiluftmuseum (outdoor museum) · nn friluftsmuseum (outdoor museum) · el υπαίθριο μουσείο (outdoor museum) · sv friluftsmuseum (outdoor museum) · de Museumdorf (outdoor museum) · de Freilichtmuseum (outdoor museum) · da frilandsmuseum (outdoor museum) · gl museo ao aire libre (outdoor museum)