page_title: Cloppenburg Museum Village
section_title: Collections and exhibitions
hierarchical_section_title: Cloppenburg Museum Village / Facilities / Collections and exhibitions
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Museumsdorf Cloppenburg, Ausstellungshalle „Münchhausen-Scheune“
context_page_description: The Cloppenburg Museum Village and Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum located in the Lower Saxon county town of Cloppenburg is the oldest museum village in Germany. The museum is a research and educational establishment specializing in cultural and rural history.
  The Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum is a non-profit organisation. Although the museum does not set out to compete for visitors, in 2009 the Cloppenburg Museum Village had more visitors than any other museum in Lower Saxony. In 2004, the museum was visited by more than 60,000 students as a part of their school curriculum.
context_section_description: The famous Oldenburg meteorite ('Bissel' fragment, 4.84 kg) is also kept in the museum's collection. The meteorite fell in 1930 onto the villages of Bissel (parish of Großenkneten) and Beverbruch (parish of Garrel). 
  The results of the extensive work of the museum are presented to the public by means of selected examples in regularly changing special exhibitions in Arkenstede Castle (Burg Arkenstede) and the Münchhausen Barn (Münchhausenscheune).
caption: Münchhausen Barn Exhibition Hall
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