Niederrheinisches Freilichtmuseum, Open-air museum in Grefrath, Germany.

The Niederrheinisches Freilichtmuseum is a museum ground with historical farm buildings, workshops, and traditional gardens that display rural architecture and crafts from this area. The grounds span several hectares and feature structures that were relocated here to preserve regional heritage.

The Dorenburg at the centre of the site is a moated castle whose building houses displays on bourgeois and noble domestic culture of the Lower Rhine. Around it, farmhouses and workshops were rebuilt: the Spenneshof from Hagen with a flax-drying kiln, a farm from Rasseln dating from the 17th century, and the Bremer tannery from Moers with machines from the 1960s. The fire-engine shed from St. Hubert dates from 1779.

The museum stages regular events tied to Lower Rhine rural life: a Mairitt on 1 May brings heavy horses, riders and drivers, many in historical costume, while the last Sunday in September is given over to a Treckertreff of vintage tractors. On the first two Advent weekends about 100 artists, craftspeople and designers sell only their own handmade pieces at a Romantic Christmas market.

The grounds are easy to walk through, with graveled paths between buildings that are accessible for most visitors. There are rest areas and outdoor seating where you can take your time exploring.

The toy museum occupies a former barn of the Dorenburg and fills three floors with toys from three centuries, among them model railways, dollhouses, computer consoles and soapbox cars. It is part of the open-air museum and is often overlooked by visitors heading straight for the farm buildings.