Meanings
plural open-air museums
- A museum where the exhibitions are located outdoors.
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 141 more example
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
Translations
Bulgarian музей на открито, музей под открито небе
- музей на открито (muzej na otkrito)outdoor museum
- музей под открито небе (muzej pod otkrito nebe)outdoor museum
Chinese Mandarin 露天博物館 /露天博物馆
- 露天博物館 /露天博物馆 (lùtiān bówùguǎn)outdoor museum
Czech skanzen
- skanzenoutdoor museum
Danish frilandsmuseum
- frilandsmuseumoutdoor museum
Dutch openluchtmuseum
- openluchtmuseumoutdoor museum
Esperanto subĉiela muzeo
- subĉiela muzeooutdoor museum
Estonian vabaõhumuuseum
- vabaõhumuuseumoutdoor museum
Finnish ulkomuseo, ulkoilmamuseo
- ulkomuseooutdoor museum
- ulkoilmamuseooutdoor museum
French musée en plein air
- musée en plein airoutdoor museum
German Freilichtmuseum, Freilandmuseum
- Freilichtmuseumoutdoor museum
- Freilandmuseumoutdoor museum
- Freiluftmuseumoutdoor museum
- Museumdorfoutdoor museum
Greek υπαίθριο μουσείο
- υπαίθριο μουσείο (ypaíthrio mouseío)outdoor museum
Hungarian skanzen
- skanzenoutdoor museum
Irish iarsmalann faoin aer
- iarsmalann faoin aeroutdoor museum
Italian museo all'aperto
- museo all'apertooutdoor museum
Japanese 野外博物館
- 野外博物館outdoor museum
Norwegian Bokmål friluftsmuseum
- friluftsmuseumoutdoor museum
Polish skansen
- skansenoutdoor museum
Portuguese museu a céu aberto, museu ao ar livre
- museu a céu abertooutdoor museum
- museu ao ar livreoutdoor museum
Romanian muzeu în aer liber
- muzeu în aer liberoutdoor museum
Russian музей под открытым небом
- музей под открытым небом (muzej pod otkrytym nebom)outdoor museum
Slovak skanzen
- skanzenoutdoor museum
Spanish museo al aire libre
- museo al aire libreoutdoor museum
Swedish friluftsmuseum
- friluftsmuseumoutdoor museum
Turkish açık hava müzesi
- açık hava müzesioutdoor museum
Ukrainian музе́й про́сто не́ба
- музе́й про́сто не́ба (muzéj prósto néba)outdoor museum
Cite this entry
open-air museum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open-air%20museum
“open-air museum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open-air%20museum. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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