The open-air museum Hagen is nestled in the typical Bergische forest and meadow landscape. In historical half-timbered buildings and workshops, the most diverse crafts can be found. Hammers strike, fires blaze, and drive belts squeak. In the forge, a nail is made from a piece of raw metal, while chain, copper, cowbell, and coffee mill smiths are doing their noisy work, just like the scythe and brass stamping hammer. A chair and frame weaving shop can be admired, a broom and brush factory, a printing house with a paper machine, a zinc rolling mill, an agate grinding shop with a goldsmith, a saddlery, and a blue dyeing shop.
The then food production is illustrated by a mustard mill, a beekeeping operation, a bakery, and a butcher shop. Meadows and enchanted places invite for picnicking, and the "Experiment Field Water" with its channels and waterwheels is just the right place for playing and cooling off on hot summer days. There is a lot of exciting discoveries for children in the LWL Open-Air Museum Hagen. Sunday and themed tours (8+) answer questions about craftsmanship and technology, and in participatory activities in the museum educational workshops, paper can be made, grain can be milled, or a rope can be spun. The Open-Air Museum Hagen is open from the end of March to the end of October.
