# Ballenberg > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ballenberg > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ballenberg.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballenberg > Source revision: 1356092287 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Open-air museum in Bern, Switzerland Ballenberg A Bernese Midlands area house in Ballenberg Location within Canton of Bern Show map of Canton of Bern Ballenberg (Switzerland) Show map of Switzerland Established 1978 (1978) Location Hofstetten bei Brienz, Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland Coordinates 46°44′58″N 8°05′11″E / 46.74944°N 8.08639°E / 46.74944; 8.08639 Type Open-air museum Key holdings Swiss farm houses Website www.ballenberg.ch/en/ Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance **Ballenberg** is an open-air museum in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) that displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country. Located near [Brienz](/source/Brienz) in the municipality of [Hofstetten bei Brienz](/source/Hofstetten_bei_Brienz), [Canton of Bern](/source/Canton_of_Bern), Ballenberg has over 100 original buildings that have been transported from their original sites.[1] It is a Swiss [heritage site of national significance](/source/Swiss_inventory_of_cultural_property_of_national_and_regional_significance).[2] In addition to the main attraction of the buildings themselves, some of the industrial and crafting buildings still operate to give demonstrations of traditional rural crafts, techniques and cheesemaking. There is also a sizable number of farmyard animals in the grounds.[1] Founded in 1978,[1] the museum features buildings from all over the country and has structures from almost all of the [cantons](/source/Cantons_of_Switzerland). The buildings are set in surroundings appropriate to their type (farm buildings surrounded by small fields etc.) with pathways snaking across the 660,000 square metres (164 [acre](/source/Acre)) site.[3] Most buildings allow the visitor to walk around the rooms, each recreated from the time period of the building or brought over wholesale when the building was transplanted. The museum is divided into the various regions of Switzerland with the structures carefully chosen to give a view of traditional architecture from those areas.[4] The regions represented are: - Alpine - the higher mountain areas of the cantons of [Bern](/source/Canton_of_Bern), [Graubünden](/source/Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden), [Nidwalden](/source/Canton_of_Nidwalden), [Obwalden](/source/Canton_of_Obwalden) and [Valais](/source/Canton_of_Valais) - Bernese Midlands - from the central region of the Canton of Bern. - [Bernese Oberland](/source/Bernese_Oberland) - the higher areas of southern Canton of Bern. - Central Midlands - the central region of the [Canton of Aargau](/source/Canton_of_Aargau). - Central Switzerland - cantons of Nidwalden, Obwalden and parts of [Luzern](/source/Canton_of_Luzern), [Schwyz](/source/Canton_of_Schwyz), [Uri](/source/Canton_of_Uri) and [Zug](/source/Canton_of_Zug). - East Midlands - the [Canton of Zurich](/source/Canton_of_Zurich) and some areas of the cantons of [Schaffhausen](/source/Canton_of_Schaffhausen) and [Thurgau](/source/Canton_of_Thurgau). - Eastern Switzerland - the central valley areas of [Appenzell Ausserrhoden](/source/Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden), [Appenzell Innerrhoden](/source/Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden) and [St. Gallen](/source/Canton_of_St._Gallen). - Jura - the central regions of the cantons of [Jura](/source/Canton_of_Jura), [Neuchâtel](/source/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel) and the northern areas of [Vaud](/source/Canton_of_Vaud). - The Valais - the valley areas of the Canton of Valais. - Ticino - the central areas of [Ticino](/source/Canton_of_Ticino). - West Midlands - central [Fribourg](/source/Canton_of_Fribourg) and Vaud. ## See also - [Architecture of Switzerland](/source/Architecture_of_Switzerland) - [List of museums in Switzerland](/source/List_of_museums_in_Switzerland) - [List of open-air and living history museums](/source/List_of_open-air_and_living_history_museums) - [Tourism in Switzerland](/source/Tourism_in_Switzerland) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-swiss_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-swiss_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-swiss_1-2) ["Open Air Museum Ballenberg"](https://www.myswitzerland.com/en/experiences/open-air-museum-ballenberg/). Bern: Swiss office of tourism. Retrieved July 22, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160902033944/http://www.babs.admin.ch/de/aufgabenbabs/kgs/inventar/a-objekte.html). *A-Objects*. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2018. Archived from [the original](http://www.babs.admin.ch/de/aufgabenbabs/kgs/inventar/a-objekte.html) on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ballenberg"](https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/wanderland/services/places-of-interest/sehenswuerdigkeit-0414.html). *Switzerland Mobility*. Retrieved July 22, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Reinhard, Kristin. ["Switzerland with families: Visit Ballenberg"](https://swissfamilytravel.com/blog/ballenberg). *Swiss Family Travel*. Retrieved July 22, 2019. ## External links Media related to [Ballenberg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ballenberg) at Wikimedia Commons - [Ballenberg official site](http://ballenberg.ch/en/Welcome) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090926171954/http://ballenberg.ch/en/Welcome/) 2009-09-26 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [image collection](https://web.archive.org/web/20070312070544/http://www.swissandmore.de/ballenberg/ballenberg.html) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND National United States Other Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ballenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballenberg) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballenberg?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.