open-air museum

collocation in English

meaningsofopen-airandmuseum

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open-air
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌəʊ.pənˈeər/us
/ˌoʊ.pənˈer/
used to describe a place that does not have a roof, or an event that takes ...
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museum
noun[C]
uk
/mjuːˈziː.əm/us
/mjuːˈziː.əm/
a building where objects of historical, scientific, or artistic interest ...
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(Definition ofopen-airandmuseumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is about to be reopened (at the time of writing) as anopen-airmuseum, but its massive artefacts will eventually decay without conservation.
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Together the buildings of the complex form anopen-airmuseum.
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Theopen-airmuseumwas started out when the old church, from the year 1694, was restored on the island in 1922.
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The street had become a kind ofopen-airmuseumrepresenting modern, eclectic, brick-style buildings.
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In the present days, the quarry area is to become anopen-airmuseum.
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Theopen-airmuseumbrings a bit of skilled-trade history into the present, and it takes a hands-on approach.
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It is now partially reconstructed and anopen-airmuseum.
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Anopen-airmuseumwas established to recreate the modest settlement.
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In a quarry in this area, the northern quarry which is now anopen-airmuseum, there is the famous unfinished obelisk of huge proportions.
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In thisopen-airmuseum, visitors can see interesting technical objects such as vegetable (mainly flax) oil production, worsted production and weaving cloth.
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The remains are on display in anopen-airmuseum.
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With reconstructed dwellings, a plaza and gardens, and an interpretive center, the village was opened in 1988 to the public as anopen-airmuseum.
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It has since been somewhat restored as anopen-airmuseum.
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