The Cloppenburg Museum Village and Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum (German: Museumsdorf Cloppenburg – Niedersächsisches Freilichtmuseum) located in the Lower Saxon county town of Cloppenburg is the oldest museum village in Germany.[1] The museum is a research and educational establishment specializing in cultural and rural history.[1]
The Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum is a non-profit organisation. Although the museum does not set out to compete for visitors, in 2009 the Cloppenburg Museum Village had more visitors than any other museum in Lower Saxony (250,000).[2] In 2004, the museum was visited by more than 60,000 students as a part of their school curriculum.[1]
- ^ a b c "Niedersächsischer Bildungsserver: FÖJ-Einsatzstellenliste 2004/2005. p. 113" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ Heinrich Kaiser: 250.000 Gäste im Museum. Oldenburgische Volkszeitung. 30 December 2009. p. 14