Living museum
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A living museum is a type of museum that recreates to the fullest extent conditions of a various culture, environment or historical period. The objective is total immersion, designing exhibits so that visitors can experience the specific culture, environment or historical period using all the physical senses: sight, smell, sound, taste and touch. Interpreters dress in period costume and conduct period crafts and everyday work.
List of cultural living museums
List of historical living museums
- Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
- Conner Prairie, Fishers, Indiana
- Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, Midland, Ontario
- Upper Canada Village, Morrisburg, Ontario
- Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London, Ontario
- Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto, Ontario
List of ecological and environmental living museums
- See also historical reenactment. Some ecological living museums are zoos.