The concept of 'open-air museum' has its origins in Scandinavia, where throughout the century it became increasingly common, and from there it spread globally. The first extensive telling of the history of the open-air museum occurred in Swedish museologist Sten Rentzhog's book, Open Air Museums: The History and Future of a Visionary Idea.

The first museum to be officially considered an open-air museum was the Skansen ("The Fortress"), located on the island of Djurgården, in Stockholm, Sweden.[9] Founded in 1891, it combines a zoo and a museum that chronicles the way of life in Sweden during the last centuries.

In some languages, such as English, the use of the term open-air museum refers above all to a specific type of museum - the living history museum -, often one being synonymous with the other.[2]​.

Many open-air museums include the term in their official name, such as the La Castellana Open Air Sculpture Museum or the Aracena Open Air Museum").[10]​.

Living history museums or experiential museums, including living museums, living farms and the like, are open-air museums where interpreters who are part of the museum staff (may be professional actors or amateur volunteers) portray daily life or specific events of a period in history, playing contemporaries dressed in period clothing), who carry out daily activities (domestic tasks, exercising their trades, producing works of crafts, etc.) or actions that represent the event. that is commemorated (like a battle).

The goal is to convey to the public through recreation (active demonstration) ancient lifestyles and historical activities. For example, upon entering a typical house, the visitor may find its "inhabitant" cooking, churning butter, spinning wool or weaving. Out in the countryside, farmers cultivate their gardens without the support of modern equipment or machinery. The trades presented (with active demonstrations of their practice) include traditional craftsmen, such as blacksmiths, tinsmiths), silversmiths, weavers, tanners, gunsmiths, coopers, potters, millers, sawyers, cabinetmakers, wood carvers, printers, doctors and merchants.

• - Colonial Williamsburg"), a recreation of the capital of the colony of Virginia, brings together hundreds of recreated buildings.

• - Historical reenactments with public participation are part of Colonial Williamsburg").

• - The Foteviken museum (Sweden) offers recreations of daily activities from the Viking era.

• - The Delicias station, outdoor exhibition of the Madrid Railway Museum.

• - 'Vikings' from the Viking kingdom of York preparing a raid, recreation of the Jorvik museum "Jorvik (museum)").

• - Open-air aircraft display on the rooftops of the Sinsheim Automotive and Technology Museum.

• - Katzrín Talmudic Village Museum), archaeological reconstruction and open-air museum.

• - A square in Tel Aviv that brings together some Bauhaus-style buildings that are part of the White City.

• - A sculpture from the La Castellana Open Air Sculpture Museum.

The concept of 'open-air museum' has its origins in Scandinavia, where throughout the century it became increasingly common, and from there it spread globally. The first extensive telling of the history of the open-air museum occurred in Swedish museologist Sten Rentzhog's book, Open Air Museums: The History and Future of a Visionary Idea.

The first museum to be officially considered an open-air museum was the Skansen ("The Fortress"), located on the island of Djurgården, in Stockholm, Sweden.[9] Founded in 1891, it combines a zoo and a museum that chronicles the way of life in Sweden during the last centuries.

In some languages, such as English, the use of the term open-air museum refers above all to a specific type of museum - the living history museum -, often one being synonymous with the other.[2]​.

Many open-air museums include the term in their official name, such as the La Castellana Open Air Sculpture Museum or the Aracena Open Air Museum").[10]​.

Living history museums or experiential museums, including living museums, living farms and the like, are open-air museums where interpreters who are part of the museum staff (may be professional actors or amateur volunteers) portray daily life or specific events of a period in history, playing contemporaries dressed in period clothing), who carry out daily activities (domestic tasks, exercising their trades, producing works of crafts, etc.) or actions that represent the event. that is commemorated (like a battle).

The goal is to convey to the public through recreation (active demonstration) ancient lifestyles and historical activities. For example, upon entering a typical house, the visitor may find its "inhabitant" cooking, churning butter, spinning wool or weaving. Out in the countryside, farmers cultivate their gardens without the support of modern equipment or machinery. The trades presented (with active demonstrations of their practice) include traditional craftsmen, such as blacksmiths, tinsmiths), silversmiths, weavers, tanners, gunsmiths, coopers, potters, millers, sawyers, cabinetmakers, wood carvers, printers, doctors and merchants.

• - Colonial Williamsburg"), a recreation of the capital of the colony of Virginia, brings together hundreds of recreated buildings.

• - Historical reenactments with public participation are part of Colonial Williamsburg").

• - The Foteviken museum (Sweden) offers recreations of daily activities from the Viking era.

• - The Delicias station, outdoor exhibition of the Madrid Railway Museum.

• - 'Vikings' from the Viking kingdom of York preparing a raid, recreation of the Jorvik museum "Jorvik (museum)").

• - Open-air aircraft display on the rooftops of the Sinsheim Automotive and Technology Museum.

• - Katzrín Talmudic Village Museum), archaeological reconstruction and open-air museum.

• - A square in Tel Aviv that brings together some Bauhaus-style buildings that are part of the White City.

• - A sculpture from the La Castellana Open Air Sculpture Museum.