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The state is funding the seven rural open-air museums in 2020 and 2021 with an additional 2.8 million euros. The museums are to use the grant for the maintenance of the buildings and strengthening the - especially digital - communication work.The state is providing the seven regional rural open-air museums with a total of 2.8 million euros this year and next. These are to be used to preserve the existing and to secure the valuable historical museum buildings to improve the IT equipment and to strengthen the communication work. The open-air museums are places where cultural and nature experiences meet. They address families with children just as much as people who want to delve deeper into historical contexts but also want to deal with our everyday life in the present. The offers are scientifically sound and at the same time entertaining. In this way the open-air museums fulfill their cultural educational mission in an exemplary manner and consolidate their profile as important extracurricular learning locations. We want to strengthen them in this said State Secretary for Art Petra Olschowski . Strengthen social cohesionBy increasing the financial means the open-air museums should be able to continue to appeal to a wide audience and also to win new target groups in order to sensitize them to cultural-historical connections and their parallels in the present.Our open-air museums not only preserve and convey cultural assets they also contribute to social cohesion with their exhibitions and educational programs. They present different models of life from the past and the present as a community-building experience. This is even more important today in the Corona crisis. So I am all the more pleased that we will be able to support the open-air museums with an additional 1.15 million euros per year beyond 2021 said State Secretary Olschowski. Digital communication is being expandedThe open-air museums in the state are to use the additional funds to expand and network their existing digital education offers. In the future visitors will be able to explore the museum grounds in an even more varied and independent manner using audio guides tablets and smartphones said Olschowski. This would make explanations and context information even more accessible and independent of location. In Neuhausen ob Eck a new app is being developed for people with restricted mobility that bundles barrier-free viewing options on the museum grounds. The Wackershofen open-air museum will upgrade its MAN steel house from the 1950s which will be newly accessible next year with a multimedia exhibition on the subject of post-war construction. The open-air museum Krnbach will host a new exhibition on the subject of Freedom on four wheels How the car changed Upper Swabia .The open-air museum in Wolfegg is trying out new forms of events for individual visitors and small groups which are intended to increase the attractiveness beyond large visitor events . The open-air museum in Beuren is expanding the technical requirements for a clear demonstration of historical work processes and factual relationships . In addition to relaunching its website the Gottersdorf open-air museum would like to explore new topics for young visitors. The Black Forest open-air museum Vogtsbauernhof in Gutach will offer smaller hands-on activities for families which will also be made available digitally due to the corona. The countrys open-air museumsBeuren Open Air Museum Odenwald Open Air Museum Gottersdorf Black Forest Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof Gutach Upper Swabian Museum Village Krnbach Open Air Museum Neuhausen ob Eck Open Air Museum Wackershofen and Farmhouse Museum Wolfegg. The museums are united in the working group The Seven in the South.The seven regional rural open-air museums present around 210 historical buildings for example farmhouses barns workshops inns school and town halls train stations mills but also gardens outdoor facilities and stables with animals. They have been rebuilt true to the original - with financial support from the state - and provide vivid information on rural life in the past centuries handicrafts agriculture customs childhood in the country etc.. The open-air museums each represent a specific part of the country.
