European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Museums exhibit Story and photos by Tony Nauroth Nurnberg Bureau if you let Loose the reins on your imagination you can see Abr Serph re incl the goatherd sitting in Sibrir window lit of Mes or Walch the work magic with the thread spun from the Wool in the Blue shuttered House. Administrators i the franconian museum in bad Windheim Call their outdoor exhibition disappearing they hav scoured the Countryside in the franc onion Region of upper Bavaria for farmhouses barns Mills and such dismantled them and brought them to a 99-Acrc site where they sorted out Chr pieces and put them together to portray agricultural communities representative of specific sections of Franconia. So far three villages Are open to the Public. Eventually there will be four plus a 365-year-old Manor House used As the Entrance Gate restaurant and administrative offices of the museum. Handmade furniture quilts livery and crockery fill the nooks and crannies throughout the Complex. A chamber pot tests beneath a hand Hen bed. It s a great place to Romp or the kids. There Are even chickens ducks cows and sheep and the earthy scents that go with animal husbandry not unpleasant but Sharp and arresting. A grist Mill with double water wheels still grinds out its Grain based wares. All he buildings Are numbered and a guide is available at the Entrance for 2.50 Marks about 96 cents. Tickets Cost 3 Marks about $1.15 for adults 1.50 Marks about 58 cents or children. The museum is open daily except mondays March 15 until oct. 15 from 9 . To 6 . The ticket office closes at 5 . From oct. 16 until an. 1, it s open daily except monday from 9 . Until 4 . And is open on All German holidays including holidays that fall on monday. Bad winds Cim is 25 Miles West of Nurnberg and 15 Miles Northeast of Rothenburg on route 470. Once there follow the White signs that read Franki Sches by the Way it s a great place for a brisk autumn picnic. T on display. Hand made pottery on a typical sideboard. The inconvenient stove of a bygone age. October 10,1985 stripes Magazine 11
