Open-air museum "Roscheider Hof"
The Open-air museum Roscheider Hof eV is an open-air museum founded in 1976 in Konz.
The museum is located on a hill above the Moselle valley in the district of Konz-Roscheid on the border with Trier. Its task is to present the folk culture of the region around the Moselle and Saar, which includes the Eifel, Hunsrück and Saarland as well as parts of Luxembourg and Lorraine.
With 4,000 square meters of exhibition space and 22 hectares of outdoor space, the museum is one of the largest German folklore museums.
The Roscheider Hof Open-Air Museum offers unique insights into everyday life in bygone eras. At its heart lies the complex of buildings on the Roscheider Hof estate. Covering approximately 3,000 square meters, the museum houses extensive permanent exhibitions that illustrate the lives of people in the region.
Numerous houses and farmsteads from the 19th and early 20th centuries were built and furnished true to the original on the open spaces belonging to the open-air museum. The numerous events during the open-air season always attract many visitors.
The museum is run by the association Roscheider Hof open-air museum, Konz e. v. with about a thousand members.