Archaeological open-air museum

An archaeological open-air museum is a non-profit permanent institution with outdoor true-to-scale architectural reconstructions primarily based on archaeological sources.

It holds collections of intangible heritage resources and provides an interpretation of how people lived and acted in the past; this is accomplished according to sound scientific methods for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment of its visitors.

The above definition was made by EXARC, a global network of professionals for those active in archaeological open-air museums, experimental archaeology, ancient technology and interpretation, using ICOM's definition of museums.

By that time Roeland Paardekooper was their director.

Further explanation of its components: Examples of archaeological open-air museums are Flag Fen, Biskupin, Lake Dwelling Museum Unteruhldingen, Saalburg, Colonial Williamsburg, Plimoth Plantation, Craggaunowen, West Stow Anglo-Saxon village, Butser Ancient Farm, Havránok, the Scottish Crannog Centre and the Eindhoven Museum.

Reconstructed amaQhugwane , at uMgungundlovu in South Africa
Archaeological Open-Air Museum Liptovska Mara - Havránok , Slovakia , Reconstructed shape of a farmstead from the Upper Iron Age (300-100 B.C.)
Promachon-Topolnic, Reconstruction of neolithic houses, Topolnica , Bulgaria
Ostia Antica , near Rome