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Ballenberg, Swiss Open-Air Museum – Sightseeing Switzerland! Our homes, stables and barns are open for you daily.

Annual theme 2024: on the move across the worldDiscover now

Blicken Sie in Stuben und Ställe im Freilichtmuseum Ballenberg.

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Erleben Sie beim Bauernhaus aus Madiswil BE (321), wie aus Flachs feines Leinen wird. Die Veranstaltung «Brächete» im Freilichtmuseum Ballenberg.

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Events 2024

Construction diary schoolhouse Unterheid – The last stone has been taken down – now the reconstruction can begin!

Today – after just four months – there is not much left to see on the plot where the schoolhouse from Unterheid recently stood. The dismantling process was completed as planned, the timber elements are currently being restored in the carpentry shop and the stones are waiting in the open-air museum’s storage area, ready to be repositioned. Now it’s time for the next exciting, and lengthy, phase: the reconstruction will begin at Ballenberg on 26 August 2024.

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Mit dem Schulhaus aus Unterheid aus dem Jahr 1830 erweitert das Freilichtmuseum Ballenberg seine Sammlung historischer Häuser.

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Selfie-Challenge: Bärbel's Adventures

Day after day, Bärbel, the adventurous wooden cow, dreamed of an exciting trip through Switzerland. One morning, she decided to make her dream come true. When she saw the two oxen, Sämi and Zimbo, slowly moving towards the Swiss Open-Air Museum, she thought "now or never" and decided to follow the call of adventure.

Find Bärbel on the Ballenberg, take a creative, cheeky selfie with her and post it on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #ballenbergchallenge.

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Finde Bärbel, die Holzkuh auf dem Ballenberg. Poste ein kreatives, freches Selfie mit dem Hashtag #BärbelsAbenteuer und gewinne tolle Preise.

Zusammen mit dem UNESCO-Weltnaturerbe Schweizer Alpen Jungfrau-Aletsch (SAJA) bietet das Freilichtmuseum Ballenberg Nachhaltigkeitswochen für Schulen an.

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Bei einer Führung oder einem allgemeinen Rundgang entdecken Sie das Freilichtmuseum Ballenberg mit sach- und fachkundiger Begleitung.

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Special exhibition "Who wears the trousers? Schwingen –the Swiss wrestling tradition"

Grabbing the back of your opponent’s shorts is what Swiss wrestling is all about. How much can these shorts withstand? Why don’t they rip when they’re yanked upwards? And who are the people involved prior to the shorts being donned at a Swiss wrestling competition? The special exhibition "Who wears the trousers? Schwingen – the Swiss wrestling tradition" is all about the strongest shorts in Switzerland. The special exhibition is open daily and included in the admission price.

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