Village museums are often found in rural areas with outstanding characteristics, and generally have two forms of static facilities display and dynamic life display, which are both regional and cultural folklore display gardens. Germany's village museum, for example, covers an area of about 25 hectares, all built in accordance with the style of a hundred years ago, the museum displays a variety of old-fashioned farm houses, various periods of farming equipment, as well as some simulation of the previous state of life of the farm model, so that tourists in the visit at the same time to understand the country's changes in the history of agriculture and development. Some farm museums, in order to present an original picture of rural labor in the olden days, will allow farmers to cultivate their farms in the museum entirely by animal or human power, without using chemical fertilizers at all, and to make charcoal from the trees on the farms. Although the agricultural output is not high, the produce is very popular for its health and freshness. The land on the grounds of the museum is provided by the operator on a lease basis to local farmers to cultivate, and according to the old tenancy system, the farmers are required to pay 10% of their harvest to the operator for food to the museum or to the authorities. Norway, Sweden and other countries are also actively pursuing this type of tourism, and combine it with the protection of rural cultural heritage, ecological environment, emphasizing the holistic development of villages in tourism and organic growth. 1900-1940, Norway has built 111 similar village museums.

In Bucharest, the capital of Romania, there is a unique museum. The museum has a fascinating landscape, with old-fashioned farmhouses and rural buildings revealing a rustic atmosphere. Here is both the tourists to visit the tour, understand the history of Romania's agricultural development and customs of the famous attractions, but also students in the vacation in the happy estate. Built in 1936, the museum houses a rich and colorful collection of carvings, embroideries and painted pottery, showing the artistic achievements of Romanian traditional culture in different periods.

In Japan, Thailand and other places to the static display of the main rural museums. This kind of museum is mostly based on the old rural buildings transformed into, through the planning and design, restoration of the old farm life scene, reproduce the history of the development of agriculture, so that tourists feel a strong historical and cultural atmosphere. It also serves as a base for extracurricular activities for young people in the surrounding area during the holidays, so that more children can acquire more relevant knowledge. The Old Shimada House in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is one such farm museum. The museum has selected the most typical house in the village as its main venue and decorated it in a traditional rural style. When visitors come to the museum, the museum staff serves local specialties such as green tea and roasted sweet potatoes. Guidebooks for visitors to leaf through are placed all over the museum, while the signage in front of the museum clearly indicates the past land use of the village and compares it with the present land use images, so that visitors can have a very intuitive understanding of the changes in the countryside. Therefore, this type of rural museums can often become a city people remember the countryside life, rural locals remember the past years of labor place.