The Ballenberg Open Air Museum, situated close, to Brienz is dedicated to safeguarding the architecture, culture and lifestyles of Switzerlands communities. The museum showcases 109 structures from various regions of the country. Alongside these buildings guests, at the Ballenberg Open Air Museum can enjoy observing farm animals, authentic gardens and fields.
Take yourself back to a world 100, 200 and more years ago
The museum also provides showcases of crafts. The Ballenberg Course Center is part of this idea allowing individuals to enhance their skills in crafts through training. Moreover each summer the Ballenberg Landscape Theater presents a performance in a backdrop transporting guests to another era and creating lasting memories.
Ballenberg – Farm
Ballenberg open-air museum on an area of 66 hectares
In 1978, the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum in the Bernese Oberland began with 16 typical Swiss buildings and has since developed into an extensive exhibition on a 66-hectare site.
Today the museum showcases a collection of, over 100 farm structures representing regions of Switzerland. These preserved historical buildings feature kitchens, chambers and living spaces offering a glimpse into the rural life of Switzerland in days past.
The essence of Ballenberg truly emerges through the crops, cultivated plants and than 200 native farm animal species inhabiting the premises. Traditional crafts come alive in the workshops of this museum, where skilled artisans actively engage in activities such as basket weaving, pottery making, blacksmithing, braiding, spinning, weaving and carving, on a basis. Visitors have the opportunity to observe these experts at work up or even try their hand at these age techniques themselves.
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We take you into a world 100, 200 and more years ago…
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