Highland Folk Museum

Highland Folk Museum
Kingussie Road
Newtonmore
Highland
PH20 1AY
Scotland

Website

highlandfolk.com

E-mail

highland.folk@highland.gov.uk

Telephone

01540 673551

Fax

01540 673693

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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This award winning museum has recreated a thriving township from the 1700s with heather thatched roofs and open turf fires, a working croft with cattle, sheep,ducks and hens and an old tin school from the 1930s where the teacher rules!A vintage bus transports visitors the length of the museum and costumed interpreters bring history to life.

Venue Type:

Museum, Library, Archive, Garden, parklands or rural site

 Opening hours

Open every day
April - August
10.30-17.30

September - October
11.00-16.30

Closed: November to March

 Admission charges

Free admission

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
  • Toilets
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Loan service
  • Library with public access

Additional info

Library and archive open by appointment only Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm

Highland Folk Museum
Kingussie Road
Newtonmore
Highland
PH20 1AY
Scotland

Website

highlandfolk.com

E-mail

highland.folk@highland.gov.uk

Telephone

01540 673551

Fax

01540 673693

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Open-air living history museum with relocated and recreated buildings representing Highland rural and social life from the 1700s onwards supported by related core and working collections.

Collection details

Social History, Architecture, Agriculture

Key artists and exhibits

  • 1700s turf buildings
  • 1930s working croft
  • 1930s school
  • 1950s summer house

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service

Highland Folk Museum
Kingussie Road
Newtonmore
Highland
PH20 1AY
Scotland

Website

highlandfolk.com

E-mail

highland.folk@highland.gov.uk

Telephone

01540 673551

Fax

01540 673693

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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