Locations

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The locations will be the core ‘linking pins’ in all information presented at this website. The information is collected since 1982 and is updated as result of my continuous research. It will take a while before all is added to this website, my apologies.

The locations are divided over several categories, and many of them fall into different ones at the same time. For example, most archaeological open air museums are as well used as archaeological education centre. Some of them also have a showcase museum / exhibition. However, I for example do not list archaeological site museums if they do not contain either a free standing reconstruction or an archaeological open air museum. Definitions of location categories are available in the glossary.

Efforts have been made to get a complete overview. However, the amount of locations is growing by the day and especially free standing reconstructions are hard to find. My personal bias is into an overrepresentation of European locations and of those countries I speak languages of (Dutch, English, German, Danish and to some extent French and Polish).

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(SC) The Scottish Crannog Centre

After 17 years of underwater excavations in the Scottish lochs, in 1997 the Scottish Crannog Centre opened its doors at Loch Tay near Kenmore, in the Central Highlands. It is a good mix of experimental archaeology, visitor attraction, an indoor exhibition room as well as an outdoor reconstruction area and finally an activity area used both by tourists and school children.

(SE) Lojsta Hall

The Lojsta area on Gotland is famous for its lakes. The Lojsta Slott Manor is taken care of by the Lojsta Slotts Hembygdsförening, founded 1921. They keep the area around Lojsta Slott open and available for outdoor activities. Since 1921 Midsummer is celebrated in traditional ways. There are regular activities to preserve old crafts, like coalmining, building boats and old ways of constructing and maintaining houses. Many school classes start or end their semesters on Lojsta Slott with a outdoor camp.

(NO) Gudvangen Viking Valley

You hear and forget – you see and remember – by taking part you will understand. Chinese proverb

(EN) Ryedale Folk Museum

Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-le-Hole is Yorkshire’s leading open air museum since 1964. It is spread over five acres and digs deep into the history of Ryedale and the North Yorkshire Moors as far back as the Iron Age. In 2008, an Iron Age type roundhouse was constructed on site. This was planned, following careful research on prehistoric sites at West Heslerton and Pickering. Building the roundhouse was a real community project including local schools and various volunteers.

(EN) Escape

ESCAPE stands for Eceni Study Centre and Permaculture Experience. Here, Steve and Jo Parish (“Past Alive”) focus on an Iron Age tribe known as “Iceni” or “Ecen”, constructing a farmstead depicting the period around 60 AD. The Iceni are known by the rebellion led by Boudicca. With a decades long experience in living history, the Parish family intends this site in Well-next-the-Sea to be a sympathetic background to the study of ancient crafts and lifestyles. They farm ancient breeds of cattle, sheep, fowl etc, using our own wool for handmade textiles.