Franconian Open-Air Museum Fladungen Discover and experience 350 years of history in Lower Franconia Museum Shop Opening times To round off your museum visit stop by Open from March/April to November our Museum Shop in the entrance From a historical schoolhouse to a cooper’s workshop, from a sheep farm to a community brewery – building. There you will find a great variety For further information check Museum map explore and visit more than 20 rural homes and buildings, of souvenirs to take home for your loved www.freilandmuseum-fladungen.de/en ones and for yourself, including fruit brandies and beer mainly constructed in half-timbered style, resembling a typical Franconian village set in a beautiful landscape in the produced in the museum and seasonal fruit and vegetables Open daily from 9 am to 6 pm tri-border area of Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia. Apart from from our museum gardens. If you are looking for a more Closed on Mondays in March/April, October and November a number of residential buildings with typically colourfully permanent memory of your visit, you are welcome to browse (except on holidays) our large selection of books, try out our various toys or get a painted rooms and a large variety of non-residential buildings, which have all been preserved in their original form, our piece of pottery to take home. Last admission is at 5 pm. collection includes a wide range of furniture, farming tools and everyday objects that tell the story of a bygone era. Free WiFi is available in the museum entrance area. Museum Restaurant “Zum Schwarzen Adler“ Move freely around our spacious family-friendly and Take a break at the historical village inn next to the museum dog-friendly museum area, shaped by farmland, pastures, entrance, accessible also from outside the museum. While orchard meadows and gardens, follow the little brooks, enjoying the traditional atmosphere in the art-nouveau-style take a rest in our picnic area next to the pond or enjoy a dancing hall, the rustic dining rooms or the relaxing beer break in the museum restaurant or cafeteria. garden, you will be served typical Franconian food and drinks. While taking a tour of the museum, keep an eye out for our traditional farm animals, which for the most part include old and endangered livestock breeds, grazing on the museum Farm Shop grounds. The Farm Shop is the ideal place for local grocery shopping, In particular on weekends and during the summer holiday catering for all tastes. Located just outside the museum season, we offer a number of activities such as beer-brewing, it offers a unique selection of fresh local products from an bread-baking, open-air cinema presentations and historical association of farmers from the Rhön. school teaching. Take a look at our calendar for upcoming events. Finally, don’t miss visiting the old railway station outside the museum and take a ride on the historical steam train Bahnhofstraße 19 chugging through the beautiful landscape of the valley 97650 Fladungen of the Streu river on selected weekends. Phone: +49 9778 91230 Join our historical journey to the past! [email protected] Stay connected #freilandmuseumfladungen www.freilandmuseum-fladungen.de/en @freilandmuseumfladungen Accessibility Hands-on stations Museum map All the footpaths in the museum are mostly flat and 1 Turning grain into flour 25 wheelchair-accessible. Given the beautiful surrounding 26 featuring historical buildings and animals grazing on the * 2 Building a bridge open meadows, the museum area itself is already a perfect 28 29 place for recreation. Due to their historic nature, most of 3 Old-time children’s games the buildings can only be accessed overcoming stairs or 24 27 thresholds and space inside is limited. Individual buildings, 4 Playground however, such as the Cooper’s Workshop and the Community Brewery, are accessible by wheelchair. Cafeteria 5 Theresia’s Quiz Pasture While we continue working on making the entire museum 23 fully accessible to all visitors, tactile graphics and models for the visually impaired have already been installed in the Cooper’s Workshop (25) and the Herb Garden (4). 22 5 30 Free audio tour of the Franconian 21 Open-Air Museum Fladungen 7 4 Pasture Kitchen 8 19 garden 6 18 20 3 31 5 17 Pond Download the free Picnic area Hearonymus Audioguide 9 10 11 App to listen to interesting 16 background information 4 Historical and fascinating stories. 12 * agricultural 15 23 Farmstead from Waldberg machinery At the individual stops you can use your 2 14 24 Orchard Meadow mobile device either to select the relevant 3 13 chapter from the list in the app or to scan the * 10 Catholic Church from Leutershausen 25 Cooper’s Workshop from Sulzthal QR code on the information board. The QR code scanner is integrated in the app. 11 Farmstead from Rügheim 26 Blacksmith’s Workshop from Waldberg In total there are 32 audio tour stops, which are not in a specific order. 12 Sheep Farm from Hausen 27 Farmstead from Oberbernhards 1 Museum Restaurant “Zum Schwarzen Adler“ from Alsleben 13 Community Freezer from Nordheim 28 Bake House from Oberbernhards 1 1 2 Grain Mill “Reßmühle” 14 Wayside Shrine from Brendlorenzen 29 Day Labourer’s House from Heinrichsthal 2 Entrance 3 Bridge from Prölsdorf 15 Drying House from Rothausen 30 Farmstead from Leutershausen and Museum Education & Activity Centre 4 Herb Garden 16 Cottage Garden 32 31 Village School from Krausenbach Toilets Accessible toilet 5 Farmstead from Bahra 17 Day Labourer’s House from Ostheim (Hofheim) 32 Fladungen Railway Station and 6 Apiary from Fladungen 18 Transformer Station from Brunnhartshausen Museum Railway Baby changing Museum restaurant / unit cafeteria 7 Farmstead from Trappstadt 19 Phone Box from Oerlenbach Drinks machine WiFi 8 Dwelling and Administrative Building 20 Community Brewery from Alsleben from Oberhohenried 21 Oil Mill from Wiesthal Lockers Museum shop 9 Farmstead from Mühlfeld & Museum Distillery 22 Historical Field Cultivation Free parking area next to the museum .