• Free handcarts for small kids to borrow, plus changing tables in the main entrance building and the North Hesse houses
• Playground in the North Hesse area next to the Asterode stable barn, a good break between houses
• Cobbled lanes in places, and many old houses have steep steps and narrow doors, so a sturdy stroller copes best

Hessenpark is an open-air museum of more than a hundred old buildings rebuilt here from villages across Hesse: farmhouses, barns, craft workshops, a 15th-century church and a 1950s pub. About a hundred animals from rare old breeds live on the farms, and the museum theater runs tours that show how villagers lived and worked. The half-timbered market square has shops, inns and benches for a break.