Since 1981, Richard Edl has been actively involved in the construction, development and management of the Museumsdorf. His main contribution lies in the documentation and writing of the construction and collection activities.
If Professor Josef Geissler was the "craftsman", then Richard Edl was the co-planner of the museum village. Especially the concept of assemblies goes back to him:
The assembly of various components (residential house, barn, exception or cellar floor) of different origins into a farm structure.
All publications of the Museumsdorf were created with the collaboration of Dr. Richard Edl, especially the museum catalogue in 1997. From 2000 to 2008, he published the museum newspaper and published therein the research results on the house history of 11 buildings.
As a member of the board and from 2008 as chairman, he actively supported the integration of the Museumsdorf Niedersulz into the culture region of Lower Austria.
Today, the honorary chairman of the association is "Friends of the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz".
Richard Edl is also a member of the board of the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz Foundation and the Advisory Board of Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz GmbH.