Ecomusee

If you have ever been to Conner Prairie, New Harmony, or Greenfield Village you know the general concept of the Ecomusee. The Ecomusee is similar to these museums, but also a bit different. Similarly, it is an open-air museum which allows you to enjoy a beautiful day, see some houses from the past, and allows you to get up close and personal with some farm animals (cows, chickens, pigs, goats, donkeys, geese, etc.). It's a bit different because its purpose of the museum is to show French building styles and techniques over the past 500+ years with actual buildings from the general area that have been painstakingly moved to their new location. It has a great variety of houses, barns, stables, chapels and even a bee house, a train station and a tower. This is also the home to around two dozen storks which are perched on top of almost every structure with a grand nest and use strange clicking sounds with their beaks to call on another. Although the grounds and structures were open today, there were no services or workers on-site...they usually perform demonstrations of period trades and customs. Located 30 minutes north of Basel in Ensisheim, France - it was well worth the short drive. C'est magnifique! You can see our pictures here.