black forest open air museum vogtsbauernhof

Yazeer_Seranna

Was on caravan trip.Nice place with farm animals (kids love it), big traditional houses, decent eating place, activities.(Visited in 2013)

JesusDad

The open air museum is just that, a series of buildings in the black forest. Here you can visit and experience life as it was several hundred years ago in Germany. The way people lived, dressed, farmed, went to school and worshiped. A very interesting place to spend a few hours. Both young and old will enjoy.

IrenaM673

We have visited at the open air museum and enjoined every minute of it. It's a place for all to learn about the history of the German settlers.The parking is located on E531.

C_Traveler_Dulles

The museum consists of several houses that reflect Black Forest domiciles through the centuries. Most are actual houses re-assembled at their current location. The grounds were well-kept and lovely. Farm animals are on the grounds. We didn't use an audio guide, but just walked among the various exhibits.

mayagan

We visited the museum on October.We didn't take an audio guide and maybe this was part of the reason that it wasn't so interesting for our children.We remembered that when we visited the open air museum in Holland there were actors and activities in almost every exhibit and here there was no such thing.Maybe because it is not high season.Nevertheless the place is very pleasant and there are a lot of farm animals that were interesting even to the big children.Should you come here especially?Not necessarily.

Markog35

We spend their 3-4 hours .the place is amazing .those old huge villas are so well reserved ,the kids were fascinated especially the the old classroom and wooden toys build by old couple in front of them.

925job

This is a neat place. It is best to go on a nice day as it is mostly all outside. The first time I went I did not get the audio guide as I was on a guided tour that dropped us off here for only an hour and a half. That is not enough time especially if there are a lot of people there. They have information posts out front of each house but I did not know until right before I left that they are moveable and have German, French and English on a movable plaque. However, I would highly recommend that audio guide even if you are going to just do a short visit. It was very informative and well worth it. they have good food there as well.

Kaneandanita

If you want to see how we lived 500 years ago, then this is the place to go. The only complaint I have is, I didn't have time to see it all

FordPrefectII

We really enjoyed this museum for several reasons. The open-air museum was a novelty, and being permitted to walk around and touch the exhibitions, interact with the animals etc, made it very enjoyable and different from the run-of-the-mill museum. Also, the displays were presented in German, English and French, making it highly accessible to foreign visitors to enjoy. Finally, although we were all adults in the group, it's easy to imagine how this museum would be fun for families with young children too. An absolute must for those who love history and architecture.

AquitaineHirondelle

One of the world's first open air museums, it contains 20+ domestic buildings from 1599 onwards, saved piece by piece and reconstructed on this site. (Like the Avoncroft in UK). The buildings were beautiful and full of fascinating details about life in the Black Forest over the centuries. Usually in museums, my husband takes ages looking at everything while I just want to whizz round, but here I too was riveted. The site was beautifully laid out. Many families with young children also seemed to be having a good time. The glorious weather helped.We arrived at about 10.00 am, had both lunch and a snack before we left (gateau and coffee, well you have to,don't you?) at the excellent cafe and were almost the last to leave at 5.30. Only problem was getting out of the car park, our pre- paid ticket was not accepted by the machine, perhaps our low sports car did not trip the barrier or something. There was no- one to help, and the information and help button just produced a recorded message in crackly German. A very kind young woman shutting her souvenir kiosk came and helped us, somehow we got out!

836iank

Having come from a German background 230 years ago this was very interesting to me. The way my forefathers worked and what that did and had to put up with was quite an eye opener. I new things were difficult at that time but this was very interesting. It was well worth the visit

TQ_Travel-Quest

This is my first time to visit a museum of this kind. It was unique and great experience and I recommend it for anybody visits the Black Forest region. We came here after visiting the “Summer Toboggan Run in Gutach” (also recommended) which is located at about 3 Km from the open-air museum. The museum consists of a number of local houses which were preserved and converted to represent examples of the real living place and experience of the local people of the area. Beautiful fruit trees and flowers scatter all over the place. We enjoyed the visit very much. There are few free car parking slots in the nearby, and I understood later that there are some more Parking Slots belong to the museum and for a charge fee. The tickets are sold for € 8.00 for Adults and €4.5 for children 6 – 17y. There are Café, restaurant, toilets and souvenir shop at the entrance.

LightHF

I loved the snitzel the most. My family stopped here and we are eat lunch. All of our food that we got to eat. We bought some smoked meats that where very good. It was a great visit. I would love to go again. Even if it's just for the snitzel.

aC0hen

This was my second visit to the open air museum and it keeps getting better even though there are a few imperfections that should be dealt with. I highly recommend their new audio guide! It really enhances the visit. It costs 3 euros and worth every cent. Very enriching information, and finally explanations in English(!!) Something somewhat rare outside the larger cities of Germany. The entrance price is high but reasonable, but I don't understand why they charge money for the bathrooms. About the main cafeteria, I didn't eat, but drank a "Milkshake" which was VERY far from a milkshake. Basically an overpriced glass of cold, bland chocolate milk. To sum things up, this is a great museum and I highly recommend visiting at least once!

FoiledSeattle

We spent 2-3 hours here, including a picnic lunch. Great location on the river in a lovely valley. It was fairly busy Sunday but not too hard to get around - though you had to wait a little to see some of the rooms. There were some nice special activities for the weekend, like making small flambekuchen (pizzas) for sale in the wood-fired oven. Great activities for kids as well, including a wood-carving room. Very picturesque.