Los Aleros, about 25 kilometres from Mérida in the mountain village of Tabay, is a large open-air recreation of an Andean village from the 1930s — not a museum but an inhabited attraction, with resident artisans, a working school, a church, a village square, and restaurants serving traditional Andean food. The creator, Alexis Montilla, built it in 1984 as a tribute to the way of life he grew up in.
The recreation is meticulous enough to feel genuine: tools, furniture, food, and music are all period-appropriate, and the artisans are actually working, not demonstrating. The effect is somewhere between a heritage village and a stage set. It works. Los Aleros is consistently well-regarded by both Venezuelans and foreign visitors, and a half-day visit is time well spent if you are based in Mérida.