Based around a 12th-century water powered corn mill in the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. Attractions include craft shops, play areas and farm animals. Map and description.
At a former workhouse at Gressenhall you can see recreations of craftsman's workshops, a bakery, shop and cottage. The farm is stocked with rare East Anglian breeds and worked with horses.
St Osyth's Priory, Essex, owned the manor of Stowmarket and built the 13th-century barn which forms the centrepiece of this open air museum. Other vernacular buildings have been rescued and moved to the site.
At Easter and in the Summer archaeologists can be seen excavating this unique site, where waterlogging has preserved evidence of a prehistoric way of life. Iron Age and Bronze Age Roundhouses have been reconstructed. Rare breed animals. Visitor information.
Includes information on the Peat Moors Centre near Glastonbury which has reconstructions of Iron Age roundhouses, prehistoric trackways, Roman pottery kilns and an Iron Age canoe.
Rural history museum depicting life through the centuries on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens. Photographs and details of the buildings, which include an early 19th-century windmill, history, news and events.
In the 100-acre parkland of St Fagans Castle, a late 16th-century manor house, are over 30 buildings moved from various parts of Wales and re-erected to show how the people of Wales lived at various times in history. Visitor information, events, collections.
Records 400 years of Royal Naval history with 47 scheduled ancient monuments on the 80-acre site. Visitor information, events and facility hire.
Set in over 170 acres of rolling countryside, this outdoor museum tells the story of life in early 20th century Ulster. Includes visitor information and guide to what's on.
General information and schedule.
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