We Rhinelanders

We bid you a cordial welcome in "We Rhinelanders" - an exhibition in the Rhenish Open Air Museum Kommern!

The exhibition "We Rhinelanders" establishes our identity for a better understanding of our origins and helps neighbours to get to know us Rhinelanders better. It presents the history of the Rhineland as a landscape in the heart of Europe, from the "time of the French" up till the 1950's of the last century.

You walk on the winding street of a small town through theme complexes with 50 scenes and look through the windows of the flanking houses, back on 150 years of Rhenish history. The buildings are borrowed from model examples of Rhenish towns. They correspond to their relevant periods as much in their furnishings as in the social relations of the time. The scenes are „enlivened" by figures in historical costumes. Many of them bear the heads of Rhineland celebrities of the present and the past.

Accompanying the illustrated scenes, you will find info-rooms with display-cases, computers and text panels, which explain the scenes, provide extended information and kindle the desire to learn and think about Rhenish history in a more intensive way.

In our kiosk in front of the exhibition hall you can hire our digital exhibition guide. Gaby Köster and Jürgen Becker (2 famous Rhenish actors) will introduce you to the epochs of the exhibition, while Alexa Christ describes the historical background to the scenes. You can find further information about our digital exhibition guide under Info & Service/Kiosk.