open-air museum

open-air museum (plural open-air museums)

1. A museum where the exhibitions are located outdoors.
   • 1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460:

     Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits.

   • 2022 January 12, “Network News: Nexus inspects Beamish lines”, in RAIL, number 948, page 14:

     Engineers from the Tyne & Wear Metro stepped back in time in December, to conduct a safety-critical inspection of the tramway at the open-air Beamish Museum in County Durham.