For 30 years, this open-air museum in a village in southern England has been collecting historically important buildings that are either threatened with demolition or have been donated by their owners. The collection now comprises some 40 structures, the oldest of which dates from the beginning of the 13th century. The buildings are dismantled by a specially trained carpenter before being transported to the museum site, where they are reassembled and restored. At present, the restoration work is carried out in a workshop outside the museum, and the sites where the dismantled houses are stored are scattered about other villages in the area. Since the museum wishes to make the workshop activities accessible to visitors and also offers courses in traditional craft techniques, it seemed only logical to accommodate the workshop on the present exhibition site.