Dear Neila,

There is a special group for curators of open-air museums, affiliated
to ICOM: The Association of European Open-Air Museums.  They
may have a complete listing.  The chairman is Mr. Christopher
Zeuner, Director, The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum,
Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom, PO18 0EU.

A good introduction to the history of open-air museums is the
chapter on Arthur Hazelius and Skansen in Edward P. Alexander's
_Museum Masters_.  This has a bibliography (which is now
15 years out of date).  I will try and find some more recent
ones for you.


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           [log in to unmask] "Neila Girdzijauskaite" writes:

> I'm interested in ethnographical open-air museums in Europe (skansens in
> Sweden),particularly in Belebung der Freilichtmuseen i.e. crafts, kitchen,
> every kind of entertainment that makes museum to seem alive.
> Thanks for any info in english or french.
>
> Neila
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Patricia Reynolds
Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator

16 Gibsons Green
Heelands
Milton Keynes
MK13 7NH
ENGLAND

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