Collections of ancient or historic buildings, either original or reconstructed on a site or linked sites presented to the public in such a way as to increase understanding of the past.
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- Korean Folk Village Traditional Korean village exhibiting cultural and historic artifacts and buildings, including a marketplace.
- Leonora-Gwalia Historical Museum A not-for-profit organization which has preserved a ghost town in outback Western Australia. Mining museum, township, Hoover House, commissioned by Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, and photographs.
- Shantytown A replica of a South Island West Coast gold mining town set in the 1860s with images and information on attractions, activities, and train rides located at New Zealand.
- Museum Meiji-Mura Open air museum for preserving and exhibiting Japanese architecture of the Meiji period, 1868-1912.
- Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums ALHFAM is the museum organization for those involved in living history programming, living historical farms, agricultural museums, and outdoor museums of history and folklife.
- Strathalbyn National Trust Museum The former police station (built 1858) and courthouse (added in 1867), an collection of farm machinery from the past, an example of a furphy, a blacksmith's shop, horse drawn vehicles and exhibits centering on the history of the local Emergency Services. Located in South Australia.