It was started in 1982 and comprises a typical farmyard from the southern Lüneburg Heath around which other buildings, characteristic of the region, are grouped.
The museum is situated in the residential part of Winsen within an extensive, tree-covered area with a low hill and the typical appearance of heath country.
The centrepiece of the museum is a rural farmstead from the Südheide ("South Heath"), which has 6 historical buildings.
A storage barn with outside staircase (Treppenspeicher) from the first half of the 18th century houses exhibitions with beekeeping equipment and items of laundry made of linen.
The main one is Dat groode Hus, a farmhouse that dates back to 1795 in Buchholz (Aller) and was transported here in 1991.