Neue Themen und Konzepte für das LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold – Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Volkskunde
New themes and concepts for the LWL Open Air Museum Detmold - Westphalian State Museum of Folklore

Summary/Abstract: The LWL Freilichtmuseum Detmold is the central national museum of folklore in Westphalia. At the same time, it is the largest open-air museum in Germany in terms of surface area. Here, too, societal change requires altered visitor interests in museums, as well as new research approaches in scientific folklore, which since the 1970s has increasingly focused on contemporary issues. In order to reposition the LWL Freilichtmuseum Detmold among the major museums in Europe, a museum development plan was drawn up in 2008. In detail, the planned activities of the museum are presented in its four main fields of activity: Historical Construction, Collections, Landscape Ecology and Cultural Education. The resulting consequences with regard to necessary infrastructure measures and future-oriented investments are explained. In doing so, the concrete plans of the museum for the next years as well as medium-term planning perspectives for the future museum development are named.

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