The site has a full infrastructure including visitor center, gastronomy, children programmes, guided tours, accessibility support, regional information. An app is offered for virtual reality experiences. Getting there is clearly indicated on the website and signposted on the spot. Additional facilities like an electric charging station for e-cars, a shuttle service from Vienna during week-ends and bicycles rental are provided.

The LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten is located on the site of the ancient Roman city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana. Germany's biggest archaeological open-air museum invites visitors to an inspiring trip into Roman history. The major buildings in the park were designed after years of excavation and research, they were built true to scale at the original location. All shapes and materials emulate the Roman originals, helping visitors appreciate the ancient architecture.

Lying preserved beneath a mantle of chalky loess, subsequently deposited here by millennia of Ice Age winds, are the ground plans of settlements and hearths, the remnants of workshops, evidence for the manufacture of tools and other items of the Palaeolithic household, as well as bone waste from hunted and consumed animals (middens of mammoth bones and the remains of other animals). Some of the site’s most precious finds are the skeletons of the people themselves, and evidence of technologies which according to current knowledge were used here by people for the first time ever, and, last but not least, the artistic artefacts that demonstrate the inhabitants’ aesthetic sensibilities.

The Museum and the Archaeological Park of AGUNTUM represent the Roman city of Aguntum. Finds from the excavations in Aguntum have a special place in the permanent exhibition. They are supplemented by replicas and reconstructions from other sites in order to present as accurate and scientifically sound a picture as possible of the culture and civilization of the Roman period in the Alps. Besides the atrium and a thermal bath, the city wall and other elements were uncovered, which are accessible today in the Aguntum Archaeological Park or can be visited in the new AGUNTUM Museum.

The MAMUZ Schloss Asparn/Zaya represents the Lower Austrian prehistory from the appearance of Homo Sapiens to the Celts. The area of the archaeological open-air site is currently almost 19,000 m2 and gives an insight into around 40,000 years of European settlement history. The buildings from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, built on a 1: 1 scale and are based on archaeological findings. The MAMUZ includes two locations: the Schloss Asparn/Zaya and Museum Mistelbach. This Good Practice example focuses on the Schloss Asparn/Zaya because of its open-air archaeological site/park.

When you arrive at the foot of Mount Beuvray, where the ancient town of Bibracte is located, the first thing you see is trees. 1,000 hectares of beech and fir forest. In the heart of a 1000-hectare forest nestles a town that was home to between 5 and 10,000 inhabitants during the pivotal period of the Roman conquest of Gaul. A short-lived town, capital of the powerful Aedui people, which was a major centre of trade, commerce and politics in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Today, you walk through the bases of the ancient walls, dwellings or public buildings, pass by the remains of a convent from the late Middle Ages, discover a fountain.

The site has been systematically destroyed over the centuries. The lack of real protection has caused a dual permanent plunder of the site. On the one hand, robbers who sought gold and other valuables had been constantly digging up the site. On the other hand, villagers had been systematically disassembling the architectural remains and taking away tombstones because the ruins were considered a source of free construction material. Therefore, there are no preserved structures on the surface today, and every form of their research and presentation must be done by excavation.

Archaeological excavations in the area have uncovered a castle, fortress walls, two underground water supply passages, 16 churches, public and administrative buildings, many homes and other interesting and significant finds – several coin treasures, jewelry, monuments, pottery, household items, handicraft tools. , armaments, etc. Visiting the site can only be done by car or on foot. A walk through the medieval ruins can be combined with sightseeing of the natural landmarks in the nature park, many of which have eco-routes.