Deconstruction and reconstruction

For a historic building to be dismantled at its original location and reconstructed at the Salzburg Open-Air Museum, extensive research and a long series of operations is required, before the object can finally be reopened at the museum:

• Exact architectural-historical inventory at the original location: survey of the building, creation of a dismantling plan
• Photographic documentation of all details
• Dendrochronological research of the building structure with reference to potential modifications
• Recovery and inventory of the existing original interior decoration
• Coverage of the social and historic basics in interviews and archiving
• Numbering the parts of the building to be dismantled.
• Step by step deconstruction of the building
• Reconstruction of the building true to the original following the deconstruction plan from a verified point of reference, complementation and restoration of damaged or missing parts
• Furnishing the rooms with respect to the relevant timeframe