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Freilichtmuseum

open-air museum

noun FRY-likht-moo-zeh-oom Rare
Travel & Places Landmarks

Usage Note

Freilichtmuseum is a museum where historic buildings, such as farmhouses or windmills, are relocated to an outdoor site and presented in their original form. Germany has many prominent examples. Plural Freilichtmuseen.

Examples

"Im Freilichtmuseum können Kinder das bäuerliche Leben früherer Jahrhunderte erleben."

Natural Translation

At the open-air museum children can experience the farming life of earlier centuries.

Literal Translation

In the open-air-museum can children the peasant-life of earlier centuries experience.

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