Step into history and experience regional culture at two special open-air museums.
By AnnElise Makin
Photographs Courtesy AnnElise Makin
The Markus Wasmeier Freilichtmuseum
Markus Wasmeier, a medaled ski athlete and child of Schliersee village, grew up in a museum-worthy Bauernhof (farmyard). Thus infused, after ending his ski career, he created his own historic village. The Markus Wasmeier Museum presents five farmsteads with a dozen buildings, one of some 200 Freilichtmuseums in Germany, and keeps growing.
“Uninspired recycling of history? Not with us,” states the program brochure. This old-fashioned Dorf (village) fills the visitors’ eyes, noses, ears, and taste buds with genuine impressions. It’s a place where the hens lay eggs daily, the bees fly out on honey missions, and the geese always itch for attention and treats. The Altbayerische Dorf lies hidden about a hundred yards from the entrance in a dell. Walk into the central plaza with a guesthouse, brewery, and beer garden, sit down on a bench and wait for the typical Bavarian fare to arrive.
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