The Detmold Open-air Museum (German: LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold – Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Volkskunde; English: "LWL Open-air Museum Detmold – Westphalian State Museum for Folkloristics") is a museum at Detmold in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded, together with the Hagen Open-air Museum, in 1960, and was first opened to the public in the early 1970s.^[1] The museum is run by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe [de] (LWL, regional authority for Westphalia and Lippe within North Rhine-Westphalia).^[2]

Over 120 historic, rural buildings were transported and reconstructed from across the state, including schools, farmhouses, thatched cottages, and windmills. Over 90 acres (0.36 km²) of bucolic fields and ponds are available for horse-drawn carriage rides, walking tours, and picnicking.^[3] The museum also hosts special exhibitions and interactive craft demonstrations, such as blacksmithing and pottery-making.^[4][5] It is open seasonally, between 1 April and 31 October.^[6]

• "LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold zeigt seit 50 Jahren ländliche Alltagskultur zum Anfassen". bauhandwerk (in German). 20 November 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
• "Architektur-Contor Müller Schlüter: Ausstellungsgebäude im LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold". ACMS (in German). 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

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