Getting here
How to find us
Our museum is easy to find.
You can reach us by car, bus or bicycle.
Further information on arrival and parking facilities can be found here.
Please note: You can also use our additional parking lot (satnav adress: Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 15, 32760 Detmold) when necessary. Parking spaces for disabled persons are available on the museum's parling lot near the entrance.
Please note: Construction works on the road to the museum will take place from November 2024 until summer 2025. During this time, accessibility of the museum's parking lot may change. Please follow the diversion route as signposted.
By car
From the north:
Take the A 2 exit Herford / Bad Salzuflen, B 239 direction Detmold / Horn-Bad Meinberg and follow in Detmold the signs "open-air museum" / Freilichtmuseum.
From the west:
Also take the A 2 to junction 27 Kreuz Bielefeld Zentrum and then take the B 66 direction Lage / Lemgo and in Lage the B 239 direction Detmold / Horn-Bad Meinberg.
From the south:
Take the A 33 to exit 26 Paderborn-Elsen, then the B 1 direction Hameln / Horn-Bad Meinberg to exit Altenbeken / Horn direction Horn, then in the direction of Detmold to Heiligenkirchen, continue on the Paderborner Straße direction Detmold.
Parking
You can use the parking lot near the museum's entrance or our additional parking lot (satnav: Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 15, 32760 Detmold), which is a 10-minute-walk away from the entrance.
Parking spaces for disabled persons with special permit (e.g. Blue Badge) are available at the museum's parking lot near the entrance.
If you have a mobility impairment but no special parking permit, you are welcome to use our Pick-up/ Drop-off Zone on the parking lot near the museum entrance.
Busses are not permitted on the parking lot near the museum's entrance as there is no room to turn. Please use the bus bays on Paderborner Straße (bus stop "Freilichtmuseum") to let your guests alight.
By bus
Riding by Bus from Detmold central station
Bus 701 to Berlebeck, bus stop: Freilichtmuseum
Bus 703 to Hiddesen, bus stop: Freilichtmuseum
Bus 782 to Bad Meinberg, bus stop: Freilichtmuseum
Further information: www.stadtverkehr-detmold.de
From Easter to October
Tourism bus route 792
Further information: www.naturparkbus.de
Adress
LWL-Open-Air Museum Detmold
Westfalian State Museum for Rural History and Culture
Krummes Haus
32760 Detmold
Phone: +49 (0) 52 31 / 706 - 0
Fax: +49 (0) 52 31 / 706 - 106
Email: lwl-freilichtmuseum-detmold@lwl.org
For further questions please contact our info office:
Phone: +49 (0) 5 23 1 / 706 -104
Mail: infobuero.detmold@lwl.org